Anniversary

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Celebrates 20 Years

On Saturday, September 24th Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese hosted a 20th Anniversary celebration on their farmstead. Their family and staff had a pig roast, local food carts, a farm scavenger hunt and a recognition program for industry members who were instrumental to the business.

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Cover Stories

Laura Werlin: An American Cheese Authority

Author, presenter and self-proclaimed cheese “edu-tainer,” Laura Werlin has turned her passion into a career. Laura Werlin contends she got into cheese “because it got into me”. “It started at the age of three; a simple grilled cheese sandwich on Wonder Bread with American cheese was the first food I

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Feature Stories

The Intrigue of Grana Padano

Why this heralded cheese has stood the test of time. There are many reasons to enjoy the nutty flavor of Grana Padano, but one that many turophiles may not be aware of is that this northern Italian cheese is lactose free. For many consumers browsing the cheese counter, this is

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A Divine Pairing

Photo: Ugo Zamperoni, president, Consorzio Asolo Prosecco When properly paired, Prosecco and cheese create a flavorful tasting sensation. When sparkling wine is on the menu for a celebration or an everyday meal, follow the lead of millions of people and reach for a bottle of Prosecco. These Italian bubbles have

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Cheesemaker Profiles

Family Farm Makes Its Mark

Goat Rodeo owners took a leap of faith to build a creamery and award-winning cheese. It all started with a goat! That’s how India and Steve Loevner, owners of Goat Rodeo Creamery in Allison Park, PA, begin their story of how they came to run Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy,

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The Little Cheese Company That Could

Though small, Bell & Goose Cheese Co. has a specialized niche producing European-style cow milk cheese. While Bell & Goose Cheese Co., located on Heron Pond Farm in South Hampton, NH, is relatively small, it’s the perfect size for owner Anna Cantelmo, who set out to produce European-style cow milk

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Centerfold Cheeses

Jasper Hill Farms: Whitney

Named after Tim Whitney—Jasper Hill’s longest-standing team member—Whitney is an Alpine-style cow’s milk cheese that honors the people behind a mission to set the gold standard of artisan cheese quality. A reflection of community, Whitney is made in a semi-firm mountain style with traditional methods that capture a true “Taste

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Ferndale Farmstead’s Roundbale

According to Ferndale Farmstead’s cheesemaker Daniel Wavrin, it was 2019 when the “stars aligned” and Roundbale completed the creamery’s offerings of Italian-style heritage cheeses. Located in Ferndale, WA, this cheese producer makes pasta filata and aged Italian-style cheese in the manner of fresh mozzarella, Scamorza and Parmigiano Reggiano or Grana

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Where's my Cheese?

New Mexico

Artisan Goat Cheeses of New Mexico

Extreme diversity distinguishes the southwest from other U.S. Regions. I-40 (old Route 66) splits the Southwest into two distinct environments: the northern divide has cool climates, tall pines and mountainous terrain, for example, in Santa Fe and Flagstaff. The southern divide is hot, flat and arid, like Albuquerque and Phoenix.

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Richmond: Cheeses Abound in this Foodie-centric City

The stately city of Richmond lies at the heart of Virginia’s agricultural region. Given that local chefs and food producers have access to the finest fresh ingredients, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the community of 220,000 is experiencing a renaissance in its food culture — one that includes a growing interest

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Salt Lake City, Utah

Cheeses Of The Beehive State

There are plenty of things utah is known for: wacky liquor laws, hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics, superior dental hygiene à la the Osmond family, and phenomenal light-as-air powder widely proclaimed as “The Greatest Snow on Earth.”

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Eating Out

Raising the Bar

Murray’s Cheese Bar LIC opens a Long Island City flagship restaurant combined with a retail store and its first full-service bar. Murray’s Cheese has expanded greatly since it was first opened as a single-store retailer located in New York City’s Greenwich Village in 1940. Today, in addition to its original

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Liquid Indulgence

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Wine from Long Island

Celebrated wine aficionado, Ron Kapon, who is known in wine circles as the Peripatetic Oenophile — the traveling wine expert — answers questions that Cheese Connoisseur readers have asked.

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Cooking with Cheese

Fondue Entree - Roth Cheese

Fondue Re-Do   

Recently, I’ve noticed fondue sets, including a pot, table stand with burner and color-coated forks, are being sold in cookware shops and online again. I say “again” because a couple of times in my past, serving fondue was all the rage, and I loved serving this to my family and

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Retailer Profile

A Rhode Island Cheese Institution

 Casey and Adrienne D’Arconte, owners of Edgewood Cheese Shop Edgewood Cheese Shop has become a destination for New Englanders seeking specialty cheese. Wanting to open a shop filled with things they loved, Adrienne D’Arconte and husband Casey set out in 2015 on what she calls their “passion project”. “I always

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