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Jenny Linford, food writer and heroine of the cheese world after her essay on the plight of the UK cheesemaker in Covid went viral, talks all things cheese. Cheese, foods that go with cheese, cheese pairings and more
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The Kiwi Cheese Scene
In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - New Zealand’s cheese scene has grown in the last few decades. The renowned New Zealand food and wine writer and editor Lauraine Jacobs shares her insights into how it has blossomed. Simon Berry, MD of Whitestone Cheese on New Zealand’s South Island tells the story of why and how his farming family started making cheese during the 1980s and their progress since then.
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Cheese Traditions
In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - The idea of tradition is often evoked in the world of cheese. For this episode, we talk to Rachael Sills, founder of specialist Swiss cheese exporter KaseSwiss, about Swiss Alpine cheesemaking, recently recognised by UNESCO ,and cheese expert, Ned Palmer, author of A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles about the idea of tradition with regard to cheese.
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Going for Goat!
In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - Goat’s milk has long been an important milk for cheesemakers, with goats able to thrive in landscapes unsuited to cows. Cheesemonger Max Melvin, of La Fromagerie in London, talks about French goat’s cheeses and cheesemaker Selina Cairns of Errington Cheese in Scotland talks about working with goat’s milk.
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The Story of Wensleydale
In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - Wensleydale is one of Britain’s famous territorial cheeses – made and eaten in Yorkshire for centuries. However, it’s had a troubled history and come close to extinction a number of times. Excitingly, though, recent years have seen a new farmhouse Wensleydales being made in the Yorkshire Dales. To learn about the story of Wensleydale, we talk to Andy Swinscoe of The Courtyard Dairy in Yorkshire, David Lockwood, Managing Director of Neal’s Yard Dairy and Ben Spence of the Curlew Dairy, who together with his wife Sam, is making a farmhouse Wensleydale called Yoredale in the town of Wensley.
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The Latin American Cheese Scene
This week A Slice of Cheese goes on a journey and explores the world of Latin American cheese. Cheese expert Carlos Yescas tells us about the history of cheesemaking in this region, Mexican cheese expert Jessica Fernandez of Mexican Mongers in Mexico City discusses Mexico’s cheeses and how they are used in Mexican cuisine and wholesale cheesemonger John Braga shares his insights into Brazil’s cheese scene.
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Cheese Innovation
In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - While we often talk about tradition in the world of cheese, it’s also a place of innovation and creativity. For this episode, Jenny talks to James Rutter, Managing Director of Paxton and Whitfield about innovation in Britain’s cheese scene, dairy farmer David Finlay of Ethical Dairy about his cow with calf approach and Amy Brice of Freshly Ground PR and Cheesemonger James Grant of No. 2 Pound Street about their new collaborative initiative; The Real Cheese Project.
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