Food, Cheese, Recipes
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 [...]
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…
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 [...]
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 [...]
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Sep 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Cheese is a natural product that has been made for centuries — as far back as 7500 years ago. Salt, a vital mineral, is an integral ingredient in cheese, and serves five necessary purposes in the cheese making process: slows down the development of the bacteria added [...]
Until just a few years ago, Mexican-style cheese wasn’t readily available in the United States. To taste its fresh simplicity, one visited that country. There, in restaurants, mercados, households or from street vendors, one could get crumbly, salty sprinkles of cotija cheese on top of fragrant mashed beans. Or, warm Oaxaca cheese (sometimes called quesillo) [...]
I’m not sure how well this cheese will go over but TyraTech, a green technology incubator, is developing a cheese that will be as nutritious as regular food but also kill intestinal parasites. I think I’ll stick with Cheddar. Full story.
Nourished by a life in cheese BURLINGTON, Vt. – At the age of 48, Bob Works came to an enviable life junction. The real estate investment firm where he was partner went public, and his payout was sizable. He could have stayed with the firm, managing properties such as One Winthrop Square and State Street [...]
