Cheese News

MADISON - A recent drop in Wisconsin's cheese production may be a blip on the screen.

Cheese-makers, chefs, brewers, sommeliers, winemakers and foodies in general will gather for three days of tasting and learning about artisan cheese.

If you missed this one, circle the calendar date for next year. It is always exciting to have the opportunity to meet Rogue Valley artists in wine , beer, chocolate, cheese and other delectable goodies.

Cows have long been the stars of Wisconsin's dairy industry, but goats and sheep get a bigger share of the spotlight when the World Championship Cheese Contest begins Tuesday in Madison.

Truth be told, life to the north of the Golden Gate might as well be country living to most city folk.

The European Union is targeting cheese made in America, and Vermont's Congressional delegation is ready for the fight.

Some common cheese names protected by the European Union: Asiago Brie Camembert Cheddar Edam Feta Fontina Gouda Gorgonzola Gruyere Munster Manchego Neufchatel Parmesan Provolone Ricotta Romano Roquefort Stilton The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.

Cheese worship has long been sanctioned in the Bay Area where varieties like Humboldt Fog, Mt.

Workers package 40-pound blocks of cheddar cheese at Heini's Cheese production facility in Berlin, Ohio.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

An estimated 50 employees at Winnipeg's Lucerne plant, which makes cheese and ice cream, are losing their jobs when the plant shuts down this summer.

Traffic had snaked to a standstill in the warren of minuscule streets that make up Fossano's medieval town center.

The European Union wants the United States to back off on selling cheese with names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola because -- they claim -- it cuts into brand identity and sales in EU countries where the cheeses originate.

Cheese is in the spotlight with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership currently under negotiation.

The European Union contends cheese made in this country isn't authentic enough to carry a European name and wants to ban the use of names like parmesan, feta and gorgonzola on cheese made here at home.

Not to quite the same extent as Jay Z and Beyonce maybe, who went vegan for a month, but then neither did I have an in-house chef concocting delicious meat-free morsels on tap.

Blessed are the geographically accurate cheese makers. In an attempt to defend and expand its piece of the growing global cheese market, the European Union wants the United States to ban the use of certain cheese names that have become ubiquitous for consumers.

One of the more enduring skits from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" features a flummoxed John Cleese trying but failing to secure a serving of cheese from a cheese monger who has no stock.

Ever wonder what it would have been like to grow up on the Straus family farm? Or, what that experience might look performed as a one-woman show - with cheese? Then you definitely won't want to miss Vivien Straus' E-i-E-i-OY! - In Bed with the Farmer's Daughter .

When was the last time you caught a whiff of a smelly human foot? It probably wasn't too pleasant.