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Suddenly, Ricotta's A Big Cheese
 
 
               Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
 
“Bland can be wonderful,” said Gabe Thompson, the chef at dell’Anima in the West Village. “Bland is important.” Mr. Thompson was talking about the role of fresh ricotta in his kitchen. more...
   
Nibbling Through Spain’s Cheese Country
 
 
               Matias Costa for The New York Times 
 
THE only words of caution were, “Just be careful you don’t wake up the bats.” I was in a pitch-black cave following a 44-year-old woman wearing tight jeans and more...
   
Cheese
Charles de Gaulle once commented on the impossibility of governing a country that had 246 cheeses. He probably underestimated the number of French cheeses by at least 100.
The world’s cheese inventory keeps growing, as new cheesemakers, especially in the United States (where no goat cheeses were made before 1981 and where now there are more than 200), keep dreaming up new ones. more... 

  Breeds of Dairy Cattle
 
 
 
In the United States, dairy cattle are divided into seven major breeds: Holstein-Friesian, Red and White Holstein, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Jersey and Milking Shorthorns more...
 

Spanish Cheeses
Spain has about 100 different varieties of Cheese. Every region has its own specialty, covering a full range of cheese types, from fresh to cured, to fermented and blue-veined. One esential more...
 
French Cheeses

France's 400 sorts of cheese could puzzle Mickey mouse ...

We also get confused when confronted with the uncountable designation of cheese more...