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Rome big cheese bailout for Parmesan »

Parmigiano Reggiano, Italy’s King of Cheese, is in trouble. Robust in flavour and crumbly, it is a classic of Italy’s artisan food traditions, made by hand by 430 craft producers around the city of Parma. But with Italian consumption falling as costs soar, almost a third of producers now face bankruptcy. Now Italy’s Minister of [...]

Ravioli and Cheese Bake »

Ravioli and Cheese Bake You’ve had this af your favorite Italian restaurant, now you can make it  yourself!  This is a cheesy baked Ravioli and Cheese recipe. 1 jar (16 oz.) spaghetti sauce 1 can  (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 can (10 oz.) reduced sodium beef broth 1/4 cup Zesty Italian Dressing 2 pkg. [...]

Hold the cheese: McD's taking slice from dollar menu »

Prepare to dig deeper into your pocket to pay more for that Double Cheeseburger. Oak Brook-based McDonald’s Corp. management is asking U.S. fracnhisees to put a less cheesey version of the popular sandwich on the Dollar Menu and sell the popular Double Cheeseburger for more than a buck. Read the full story here…

Family finds dead mouse in cheese »

While slicing some cheese for his children, a father in western P.E.I. recently uncovered a dead mouse in the middle of the block. “This would have been the very last thing I would have expected to find… in a block of cheese, which I buy every time I do groceries,” Deborah Atkinson of Miscouche, just [...]

Real California Cheeses Take Top Honors at 2008 World Cheese Awards »

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & MODESTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–California cow’s milk cheese makers won 10 awards at the 20th annual World Cheese Awards cheese competition held in late September in Dublin, Ireland. Hosted by the Guild of Fine Foods, members of the Supreme Jury at one of the most prestigious cheesemaking competitions in the world tasted [...]