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Elegant <em>so</em> was probably not eaten with crackers in ancient Japan.
food

The Coronavirus Is Bringing Back a 1,000-Year-Old 'Cheese' in Japan

Once, it was considered fit for the emperor.
Makiko Itoh April 1, 2020
A monk flips a wheel of cheese in the cellar.
Plancherine, France

Tamié Abbey

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.
Just when you thought cows could do it all.
farms

The Oregon Creamery Making Vodka From Milk

“It's a tribute to the cows.”
Luke Fater March 19, 2020
These plastic-cheese replicas don't age, but the 500 pounds of cheddar aging in a Wisconsin cheese factory do so wonderfully.
cheese

For Sale: 500 Pounds of 20-Year-Old Cheddar

Even at $209 a pound, it’s expected to sell out shortly.
Luke Fater January 16, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Cheese Museum

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Sacramento, California

Corti Brothers Grocery

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.
Saint-Nectaire cheese, ripening in one of its famed caves.
volcanoes

How Long-Ago Lava Flows Created a Unique French Cheese

Cellars chipped out of volcanic ash are the best place to age the famed Saint-Nectaire.
Emily Monaco November 19, 2019
One theory holds that Monterey Jack was developed by Scotsman David Jacks.
food

The Cheese Makers Keeping Monterey Jack's Local Legend Alive

Only one farmstead in Monterey County still makes the famed cheese.
Rachel Wharton November 12, 2019
One of Zufferey's engraved wheels of cheese.
mountains

The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead

In this remote Swiss town, residents spent a lifetime aging a wheel for their own funeral.
Molly McDonough October 24, 2019
Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.
Alfonso Hernández Saguero with his shepherd's crook.
food

The Last Goatherd in Hell

Alfonso Hernández Saguero is preserving an ancient way of life and its cherished foods.
Lauren Schenkman September 25, 2019
A cheese that comes with its own wine pairing.
Gastro Obscura

Drunken Cheese

The aging process of this formaggio begins in a barrel of wine.
It takes 20 sheep to make 2.2 pounds of Torta del Casar.
Casar de Cáceres, Spain

Museo del Queso

A cheese discovery made by shepherds became the pride of a region.
Nima Tamang molds a hefty wheel of yak cheese.
mountains

How the 'Swiss Milkman' Brought Cheese Production to Nepal

Earthquakes and rebels haven't stopped high-altitude yak cheese artisans.
Richard Collett August 9, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Liederkranz Cheese

This long-extinct pungent delight has made a comeback in Wisconsin.
Talk about a moo-oon landing!
sculptures

In This Moon Landing, Everything Is Made of Butter

A creamy new sculpture at the Ohio State Fair honors the Apollo 11 crew.
Sabrina Imbler July 29, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Montebore

By the 21st century, one lone woman held the recipe for what might have been da Vinci’s cheese of choice.
Gastro Obscura

Torta del Casar

In Spain's Extremadura region, local sheep and a touch of thistle make for an ultra-creamy, slightly bitter cheese.