Cheesemaker in Italy fatally crushed by thousands of wheels of cheese
An Italian man died when he was crushed by thousands of wheels of cheese at his warehouse on Sunday, authorities said. Cheesemaker Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried by thousands wheels of Grana Padano, a Parmesan-style hard cheese popular in Italy, according to reports. The incident happened when a shelf...
Gouda News! Urban Stead Cheese wins 2023 Ohio State Fair honors 🧀
Gouda news! The Ohio State Fair recently announced its 2023 cheese contest winners, and one Cincinnati cheesemaker made the cut. Urban Stead Cheese in Evanston received the overall reserve champion award for its aged cheddar cheese at the statewide contest. The local cheesemaker also took second place for its...
Scientists use cheese to study fungal antibiotics
Behold the microscopic power of cheese. The dairy product has been a dietary staple for generations, but it is also helping microbiologists better understand nature’s microbiomes. In a study published May 10 in the journal mBio, a team of researchers used cheese rinds to demonstrate how fungal antibiotics can...
Cheese Dreams Are Made of This: Australia’s Massive Mould Dairy Festival Is Returning in 2023
For cheese fiends, there’s only one suitable way to tuck into the beloved dairy product: all the time, or at least as much as possible. That’s an idea that Australian cheese festival Mould not only understands but encourages, and has since 2017. In 2023, from May through to August,...
That’s the big cheese! Family-made brie from Suffolk farm is voted best in Britain by experts
That’s the big cheese! Family-made brie from Suffolk farm is voted best in Britain by experts The Crickmore family started selling Baron Bigod from a Suffolk honesty shop But now the French-style cheese is sold at the nation’s finest cheesemongers It is made by hand in small batches with...
Cheer cheese selling for $17 at Aussie supermarkets amid cost of living increases
A pack of 36 slices of cheese was recently seen on the shelves of an Australian supermarket for $17 – as families buckle under cost of living pressures ahead of Christmas. The 750gram family pack of Cheer cheese slices was advertised with a $17.55 price tag as seen in...
Pioneering Thai cheesemaker promotes greener pastures
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — When industrial engineer Jarutat Snidwongse Na Ayuthaya developed a passion for making cheese, family and friends doubted that he would find much of a market in a country with no tradition of eating dairy products. Sixteen years later, with Thai cheese sales rising by more...