(Photo credit: Permission to use the photo was granted by Plamen Petkov) The March 2014 issue of Men’s Health magazine published a nice article on artisan cheese. Writer, Clint Carter managed to mention twenty-one cheese professionals, chefs, and researchers into a nine page article, which included several great photographs […]
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The American Cheese Society Conferences: 2012 and 2013
ACS 2012, RALEIGH, NC: About half-way into the Texas Cheese Tour, I admitted to Dan that I was hooked. I spent about two years interviewing cheese professionals, chefs, and retailers. What I learned from the interviews certainly sparked my interest in the art and science of cheese. I […]
About the Texas Cheese Tour
Note: This was first posted on the Texas Cheese Tour website in 2011. I’m a recent convert. For someone who has spent decades avoiding cheese, I’ve come a long way. Now, I am a cheese-promoter and an enthusiastic consumer. How did that happen? (Photo: Caprino Royale: Waco, Texas. […]
How a Home Cheesemaker Transformed Me
My husband, Dan, makes cheese at home as a hobby. After making a few batches, he announced that he was going to the American Cheese Society Conference in Montreal, Canada (2011). He had already read most of the books on making cheese at home, so he was eager to learn more. He looked sleep-deprived when […]
The Turning Point: Paula Lambert’s Influence
MY INTRODUCTION TO CHEESE December 2000 I received my first cheese book in December, 2000, from a personal training client whom I was training in Dallas, Texas. She asked her good friend, Paula Lambert, the owner of the Mozzarella Company, to autograph it for me. The Cheese Lover’s Cookbook […]