There’s a certain kind of confidence that comes from knowing a system inside and out, then choosing to remake it on your own terms. After slinging cheese behind a counter in Massachusetts, working her way through professional kitchens in New York,…
Gordon Edgar is many things: the cheese buyer for San Francisco’s Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, one of the most prominent worker-owned grocery stores in the US; the author of several books, including one on cheddar cheese, aptly named Cheddar; and a longtime…
Trevor Warmedahl, a cheesemaker and culture contributor known as the “Milk Trekker,†trots the globe visiting pastoral communities. His purpose? Investigating how milk is treated and transformed by indigenous microbes and the human touch.Â
It’s not a glamorous lifestyle, per se. In…
Andy Hatch is a legend in the American artisan cheese world. As head cheesemaker and co-owner of Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, he’s responsible for two of the most celebrated cheeses in the country: Pleasant Ridge Reserve and Rush Creek Reserve….
Imagine planning a visit to London and learning that there is a monthly outdoor market entirely dedicated to cheese. On a scale from immediately to yesterday, how quickly would you prioritize the pilgrimage?
Taking place monthly on every third Sunday in a…