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This Cheesemaker Took a Cue From the Moon to Craft Hill Valley’s First Award-Winning Wisconsin Original

We've teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. If you grew up in the ‘90s like I did, chances are high that you also watched the charmingly British series of short films featuring Wallace and his clever dog, Gromit....

Fri May 10, 2024 22:47
Meet the Woman Bringing a Fresh Perspective to Roth Cheese

We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. Cheese has been made in Wisconsin since before it was even a state. In the 1830s and 40s, a wave of European immigrants planted roots in the region and started dairy...

Fri May 10, 2024 22:47
How a Fourth-Generation-Owned Family Cheese Business Built Its Legacy, Brick by Brick

We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. When you grow up in a family that owns a business, there are typically two outcomes when it comes to your future: you either run as far as you can in the other direction...

Fri May 10, 2024 18:55
Marieke Penterman Is Making Damn Good Gouda in the Heart of Wisconsin

We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. In 2019 I was lucky enough to attend the annual American Cheese Society Awards, hosted that year in Richmond, Virginia. Of the many fond memories I have from that...

Fri May 10, 2024 16:53
Founder Files: Snacks on a Plane & More Snack Talk

This past Saturday, I did The Great Saunter, a 32-mile walk around the shoreline perimeter of Manhattan, hoofing it up the West Side’s promenade, across Inwood Park with its cherry trees and sprightly spring blooms, and down the East Side with views of the many bridges that staple the island to Queens and Brooklyn. It’s a spectacular way to take in...

Wed May 8, 2024 23:37
Plane Food: The Snacky Things (& Creature Comforts) Our Community Never Flies Without

In one of my weekly newsletters, I asked readers to share what snacks and other plane prep products they take on flights. The Food52 community delivered, and I’m excited to share! But first, a quick aside: Several of you referred to a story about plane snacks that I wrote for the New York Times in…gulp…2002. This could mean you have a great memory,...

Wed May 8, 2024 06:28

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