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Food
This Cheese Gave Me a Nosebleed
For those with a true cheese addiction, there can be no messing around—only the strongest, most sinus-searingly potent kind will do.
Emily Steer
8.28.14
Food
Rappers Need to Stop Using the Term 'Cheddar'
Lil’ Wayne wishes he got it. Cheddar isn’t just a swagged out state of mind. It’s also the act of cutting up curds into little cubes and stacking them so the whey can drain out. How the hell did a cheese become synonymous with that cold hard cash?
Charlotte Kamin
7.7.14
Food
It's Time to Call BS on 'House-Made' Ricotta
I feel like it’s my duty as a cheesemonger to clarify a commonly misused terminology in the queso category: ricotta. Let’s step into the cheesy laboratory of technical terms to discuss how ricotta is really made so you can call bullshit the next time...
Charlotte Kamin
6.30.14