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A Swedish Crayfish Party Is a Spectacle of Shellfish and Savagery
Sooner or later, every crayfish party turns into a macabre spectacle of boozed-up beasts in silly hats, brutalizing an inferior species.
This Is the Perfect Grilled Cheese, According to Science
“The Science of the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich” explains that a perfectly melted grilled cheese is all about the gooeyness or stretchability of the cheese.
Getting Lost with Cheese in The Basque Country Is Like Taking Too Many Shrooms
I recently found myself in a small Basque village that felt like a cross between a sedated attraction at Disneyland and a really intense acid trip at a county fair, but the cheese was some of the best I've tasted.
These Italian Criminal Masterminds Heisted $875,000 Worth of Parmesan
In what is most certainly a grim sign of food depravity, a clandestine group of criminals were recently arrested by Italian authorities for the heinous act of stealing roughly €785,000 (US $875,000) worth of the nation’s delicious, iconic Parmigiano.
Blue Cheese Has Turned Some Molds Into Evolutionary Wonders
It’s nice to know that the mold world is cooperating—over several millennia, that is—with cheesemakers to make the stinky stuff we love to eat.
Why Artisan Cheesemakers Said "No Whey" to the FDA's Wooden-Board Ban
Wooden boards are essential for properly aging artisanal cheeses, and bacteria is a big part of that.