Cheese News

Utz Quality Foods has been around since 1921, when Bill and Salie Utz began making potato chips out of their home in Hanover, Pa.

READERS of The Northern Echo have helped a North-East dairy out of a right pickle after coming up with more than 50 possible names for its latest cheese.

The "Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake" is a sporting event unlike any other.

"I guess it's your preparation, and knowing your cuts of meat," says Richie Furino , regional manager for Del Frisco's restaurants.

The benefits of eating Greek yogurt for breakfast have been widely documented, but the liabilities to the environment are little known.

Rogue Creamery's co-owners, David Gremmels and Cary Bryant, were presented the Small Business Administration Director's Impact Award by Oregon Gov.

Cheese maker Laurel Shulman will offer a broad introduction to cheese, discussing its chemistry, culture and history.

Surprised at the outburst, I turned to my partner to confirm I'd heard what I thought I'd just heard, but before he could respond, there it was again.

Western United Dairymen, based in Modesto, and allied groups asked the California Department of Food and Agriculture to increase the price for milk that is made into cheese.

Miss Muffet was really onto something. Suddenly chefs, home cooks, even bartenders are embracing the subtle tang and versatility of whey - the milky liquid left over when cheese curds form.

Homemade food is all the rage these days, with everything from basement breweries to kimchi-making in the kitchen.

When Petra Kassun-Mutch, founder of Fifth Town Artisan Cheese in Ontario's Prince Edward County, stepped down as president in 2011, there was genuine sadness in the cheese community.

French master cheese-maker Claude Lauxerrois, one of the most renowned maitre fromagers in France from Ferme Jehan de Brie, is in residence at the Millennium Hilton until May 19.

If you were to measure a man by his passion, it would be hard to find a baker held in higher esteem than Zak Stern.

Glanbia CFO Siobhn Talbot is to replace the Irish food group's chief executive, John Moloney, after he announced his intention to retire a year early.

In 1925, the French food critic Curnonsky named Lyon "the world capital of gastronomy". Located in the Rhne-Alpes region of east-central France, midway between Paris and Marseille, the city has been trading on that reputation ever since.

Cupcake fun: Arrabri Community House in Bayswater North is running a one-off course on cupcakes for special occasions from 7.30-9.30pm on Wednesday, May 29.

The Stecklers maintain a herd of about 60 Dutch Belted dairy cows that are milked twice a day.

The sign above the bar in Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty - a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard.

Oak Creek - To generate 100% of the electricity needed to run the South Shore sewage treatment plant, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District needs bacteria living in large underground tanks to give it more gas.