Cheese Worth Splurging on According to Cheesemongers
Cheesemongers share what they think is “hot” in the cheese world, the most common questions they get, and which cheese is worth the splurge.
Historic Dairy Cooperative Turns into a Boutique Hotel
For tiny Paoli, Wisconsin, the $11.2 million project to transform a historic cooperative dairy into a 21,000-square-foot restaurant, café, eight-room boutique hotel, and creamery, is remarkable for its grand scale. Even more remarkable: Seven Acre Dairy Company co-proprietors Nic Mink and Danika Laine are doing a very brave thing. They’re refusing to serve cheddar. “Our […]
Marieke Gouda: Traditional Gouda from Wisconsin
Take your soup to the next level with the rich and nutty flavor of award-winning Marieke Gouda.
For Locally Sourced Pizza, Head To A Farm
Written by Kristine Hansen Photos courtesy of Millsap Farms It’s no secret that autumn is harvest time for vegetables. But in Wisconsin and other states where farming is a way of life, it’s also when some farms host pizza nights where ingredients, including cheese, and even the flour to make the pizza dough is sourced […]
Baked Cheese Is The Scandi Snack You’ve Been Missing
For a cheese company that’s been around less than a year, the Big Moo is certainly making some big waves in the industry. Since launching in January, the Big Moo baked cheese has won multiple Gold medals at the 2022 World Championship Cheese Contest (WCCC) and is now in cheese cases in over 5,000 stores […]
From Mexico to America’s Dairyland
PHOTOGRAPHED BY CODY LACROSSE With Sancho Cruz Manchego and more, Ricardo Gutierrez Cruz puts his stamp on Wisconsin’s cheese scene In elementary school, Ricardo Gutierrez Cruz’s class toured an ice cream manufacturing plant. While his peers were distracted by the prospect of trying various flavors, Gutierrez Cruz was struck by the mechanics of it all. […]
Behind the Scenes at the 2022 World Championship Cheese Contest
Written by Kristine Hansen | Photography courtesy of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association On day three of judging at the World Championship Cheese Contest, a sea of white lab coats confers in hushed tones behind a roped-off area. The Championship Round just wrapped. Now it’s on to the final round: for the 53 judges to […]
Blakesville Creamery Proves Something Good Did Come of 2020
Blakesville Creamery has been successful despite launching at the start of the pandemic. And one of their debut cheeses, Afterglow, was a highlight of 2020.
