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Farmstead Cheese Comes Home to Woodlawn Creamery

Farmstead Cheese Comes Home to Woodlawn Creamery

Seven generations of the Leach family have been raising cows for milk in the town of Pawlet, Vermont since 1831. These days, small farms like Woodlawn are beholden to whatever prices giant dairy buyers set, and most can't make the economics work. So Seth and his wife Kate decided to do something different.
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How to Make the Best Cheese Fondue

How to Make the Best Cheese Fondue

There's nothing like gathering friends and family around a table, spearing your favorite snacks, and dipping them together into a pot of molten cheese. We're talking about cheese fondue, and as pro cheesemongers, we've had our share of the good, the gooey, and the grainy. Here are our fon-do's and fon-don'ts to making the perfect pot at home, and a cheese fondue recipe to happily feed a crowd!

27 Years and 2 Generations of Farmstead Cheese at Cato Corner Farm

27 Years and 2 Generations of Farmstead Cheese at Cato Corner Farm

"I thought, if it doesn't work out I could always go back to teaching. That was 25 years ago."
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Roelli Cheese Haus: A 100-Year Wisconsin Dairy Dynasty

Roelli Cheese Haus: A 100-Year Wisconsin Dairy Dynasty

Master Cheesemaker Chris Roelli is the maker of Red Rock and Dunbarton Blue, two unique cheddars that are inoculated with blue cheese cultures to form sharp and tangy cheddar-blue hybrids. The results are as delicious as they are innovative, and show how a cheesemaker's entrepreneurial spirit can breathe new life into a century-old family business.
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FireFly Farms is Building a Better Food System, With Goat Cheese

FireFly Farms is Building a Better Food System, With Goat Cheese

"We started FireFly as a way to reconnect with our family histories," Koch says, "and to support small farms and the rejuvenation of our food system." That's a tall order for a goat cheese maker, but 25 years of cheesemaking show they're making important progress, one log of chevre at a time.
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Recipe: Blintzes Stuffed With Renaissance Ricotta

Recipe: Blintzes Stuffed With Renaissance Ricotta

Make these orange zested blintzes for your next brunch! Renaissance Ricotta makes for a creamy, fresh-tasting filling; you can also use it to bake sweet cheese tarts as a lighter alternative to cheesecake.

Cows, Goats, and Sheep, Oh My! What Difference Does a Milk's Source Make for Cheese?

Cows, Goats, and Sheep, Oh My! What Difference Does a Milk's Source Make for Cheese?

There are many animals that can be milked to make cheese—camels and water buffalo, we're looking at you—but the big three types of milk found in...

Making Cheese a Pipe Dream at Pipe Dreams Fromage

Making Cheese a Pipe Dream at Pipe Dreams Fromage

It took visits to two continents to get Brad Parker into making goat cheese. During college, he worked in France's Loire Valley tending goats for ...
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A Utopian Creamery at Cobb Hill Cheese

A Utopian Creamery at Cobb Hill Cheese

Cobb Hill Cheese, the makers of Ascutney Mountain, is more than a creamery—it's an essential component of an intentional community in Hartland, Vermont, that was founded with the values of sustainability, collective governance, and "living lightly on the earth."
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Recipe: Artichokes Stuffed With Fromage Blanc

Recipe: Artichokes Stuffed With Fromage Blanc

Few vegetables capture the essence of springtime like the artichoke, and few cheeses speak to the season like the light and yeasty fromage blanc. Bring them together with this seasonal recipe!

"We Did it for the Grandchildren": A Generational Business at Goat Lady Dairy

"We Did it for the Grandchildren": A Generational Business at Goat Lady Dairy

If you're a fan of tart and lactic goat's milk cheese, this 29-year-old creamery should be on your radar.
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The Science of Jersey Cream at High Lawn Farm

The Science of Jersey Cream at High Lawn Farm

Have you ever seen cheese or butter described as being made with Jersey milk or cream, and wondered what the big deal is? Well, do we have a farm for you! High Lawn Farm is a century old, family owned Jersey cow dairy in the Berkshire Mountains, and they make some of the richest, most delicious butter around.
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