AllThingsCheese

If you love macaroni and cheese, you’re in good company. Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan had their own recipes for the “best” macaroni and cheese.

Cheese is not Downloadable: Consider Bardwell’s Unique Fromage From Eattv.com Former record label exec Chris Gray enjoys cheesemaking because, unlike music, cheese can’t be pirated: “I decided to get into something that you can’t download, and you can’t digitally replicate. Everything we do here is handmade. And so there’s something eternally unique about what this [...]

From the Detroit Free Press: At some Super Bowl in the future, will Michiganders be the ones called cheeseheads? If some Michigan cheese makers have their way, you’ll be whittling those Wisconsin hats into Michigan-shaped mittens before you know it. Eleven creameries, including two in Washtenaw County, have formed the Michigan Cheese Makers Cooperative — [...]

From The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—State health and agriculture officials have halted production and distribution of a Missouri-made cheese after traces of bacteria were found in cheese sold in California. The Missouri Department of Agriculture says it learned Thursday of the results of tests done in California on cheese made by Morningland Dairy, in [...]

Fried mozzarella taken to a whole new level! Denny’s is introducing a new Fried Cheese Melt! Deep-fried mozzarella cheese sticks smothered in American cheese and grilled between two slices of sourdough bread. The sandwich, served with french fries and a side of marinara sauce, will cost you $4 and 895 calories and 34 grams of [...]

The March 2010 issue of Tastebud magazine is out and the issue is devoted to CHEESE!  This issue is full of articles and recipes that includes our favorite ingredient, cheese. Sections include: Cheese Whiz – Cheese 101 Uncorked – Wine and Cheese Locally Grown – Artisan Cheese Cooking With Mom – Cheese Soufflé How To…Make [...]

Ring in a new year and (unofficially) a new decade with an ancient foodstuff. Celebrate with cheese. More and more people are getting turned on to cheese. Cheesemakers are popping up around the country. New cheese books are being published seemingly every week. The first consumer cheese magazine, a quarterly called Culture, debuted a year [...]

15-year-old cheese is selling briskly – and for $50 A smooth and tangy 15-year-old cheddar unveiled last week by a Mineral Point cheesemaker is grabbing international attention. And it’s selling faster than cheese mongers can cut it – even at $50 per pound in a bitter economy. The 1,200-pound stash of what’s believed to be [...]

Good news for my fellow cheese lovers: A study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that women who indulged daily in one ounce of full-fat cheese gained fewer pounds over time than their peers who refrained. Self.com, which shares this little slice of information, says that conjugated linoleic acid found in whole dairy [...]

Dairy has become more expensive than some top cuts of meat in Canada, and the cost is hitting restaurants and food processors the hardest, says the head of the food services industry. “A kilogram of cheese is more expensive than a kilogram of steak. A litre of milk is the same price as a litre [...]