When Milkmaids Meet: The Power of Women-Only Spaces
The hunger to connect with other women is strong. So strong that it pulled 40 women from around the world to a small cattle farm in Accord, New York on a sunny Saturday in May to attend the first annual Meeting of the Milkmaids.
Celebrating Women in Cheese, 2023
To celebrate Women’s History Month, culture and Murray’s Cheese collaborated on an exciting project to spotlight the amazing women in cheese.
This Rare Pig-Rennet Cheese is Made Exclusively by Women
Photo credit: © Archivio Slow Food The prized cheese from Italy’s Abruzzo region is made exclusively by women I first encountered the unique sheep’s milk cheese Pecorino di Farindola while browsing at the Eataly cheese counter in Florence, Italy. I noticed a sign for a pecorino made with caglio suino (pig rennet), something I’d never […]
Meet the Women Cheesemakers from Brazil’s Serra da Mantiquera
Photographed by Rebeca Figueirdo Fazenda Atalaia is bustling with life when I arrive, hungry from the 85-mile early morning drive out of São Paulo into the Serra da Mantiqueira—a mountain range that stretches some 300 miles across swathes of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro states. Tractors thunder about, cows are mustering for […]
In Queso You Missed It: March 7th
Here’s what you might have missed this week in cheese news! Our March 7th edition of In Queso You Missed It.
Changing Tides on the Midcoast Maine Cheese Trail
Maine is becoming a mecca for small-batch cheeses—but you’ll have to travel to taste them. Discover the hidden gems of the area.
