Cheese News

MONROE, Wis. – The sign above the bar in Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty – a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard.

Ready to discover who makes the world's best cheese? Wisconsin may be "America's Dairyland", but California cows have made their mark in the battle over milk production, cheese making and all things dairy.

Martin Aspinwall also sent me this recipe. It may seem long but the telling of it reflects his wonderful verbosity and willingness to share.

The cows may not have noticed, but the normally bucolic Giacomini ranch got some star treatment when veteran TV journalist Jane Pauley showed up with a film crew Thursday and Friday.

The woman who has supplied the wheel of cheese for Gloucester's famous annual cheese-rolling event has been told by police she may be liable for legal action.

California Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross has called an emergency hearing to evaluate pricing rules that have led to hundreds of dairies closing.

Cheese lovers will be able to sample more than 125 varieties made by artisans from across the country at a festival in Ontario's Prince Edward County.

When you walk into a cheese shop and that very particular odor hits your nose, you are most likely smelling the group of cheeses we call the washed rinds.

Through the sale of its French spreads business, Dairy Crest has worked itself into a position where it has cash to invest in the business.

Don White will discuss the vital process of refining deciduous trees that are now in full leaf during a bonsai workshop slated for 1 p.m. Saturday at Alladin Nursery.

Utz Quality Foods has been around since 1921, when Bill and Salie Utz began making potato chips out of their home in Hanover, Pa.

READERS of The Northern Echo have helped a North-East dairy out of a right pickle after coming up with more than 50 possible names for its latest cheese.

The "Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake" is a sporting event unlike any other.

"I guess it's your preparation, and knowing your cuts of meat," says Richie Furino , regional manager for Del Frisco's restaurants.

The benefits of eating Greek yogurt for breakfast have been widely documented, but the liabilities to the environment are little known.

Rogue Creamery's co-owners, David Gremmels and Cary Bryant, were presented the Small Business Administration Director's Impact Award by Oregon Gov.

Cheese maker Laurel Shulman will offer a broad introduction to cheese, discussing its chemistry, culture and history.

Surprised at the outburst, I turned to my partner to confirm I'd heard what I thought I'd just heard, but before he could respond, there it was again.

Western United Dairymen, based in Modesto, and allied groups asked the California Department of Food and Agriculture to increase the price for milk that is made into cheese.

Miss Muffet was really onto something. Suddenly chefs, home cooks, even bartenders are embracing the subtle tang and versatility of whey - the milky liquid left over when cheese curds form.