cheese

Man arrested in U.K. cheese heist where imposter stole $389,000 worth of cheddar

2:30pm October 28, 2024

The man was detained on suspicion of fraud by false representation and handling stolen goods in the theft of roughly 48,500 pounds of the high-value cheddar.

Cheese testers lean in to inspect pizzas at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Dairy Research in Madison.

National

Is eating cheese on your resume? In Wisconsin, it could be

12:55pm November 20, 2023

by Maayan Silver

New panelists at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Diary Research get trained to describe what they like about cheese based on its texture, taste, aroma and other attributes.

Cervasi Pecorino Romano was among the eight voluntarily recalled cheeses.

Cheeses delivered in 9 states are recalled because of potential listeria

2:46pm June 04, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Paris Brothers, a specialty foods company based in Kansas City, Mo., is recalling several cheese products because they could have been contaminated with listeria. No illnesses have been reported.

Butyric acid gives some cheeses their distinctively strong scent.

From Stinky Cheese To Cat Pee, Author Takes A 'Nose Dive' Into The Science Of Smell

12:46pm November 11, 2020

by Terry Gross

Harold McGee talks about how our sense of smell affects taste, why things smell the way they do and the ways different chemicals combine to create surprising (and sometimes distasteful) odors.

University of the Arts in Bern student, Simon Walker, checks a small music speaker placed directly bellow a wheel of Emmental.

Science

Need A Can't-Miss Wheel Of Cheese? Try Playing It Some Hip-Hop

5:53pm March 24, 2019

Researchers exposed cheese to different genres of music for 24 hours a day over six months to find out that hip-hop might create the tastiest cheese.

Cheese is packaged for sale at Widmer's Cheese Cellars in 2016 in Theresa, Wis. Record dairy production in the U.S. has produced a record surplus of cheese causing prices to drop.

Economy

Nobody Is Moving Our Cheese: American Surplus Reaches Record High

1:07pm January 09, 2019

by Samantha Raphelson

Americans consumed almost 37 pounds per capita in 2017, but that wasn't enough to reduce the country's 1.4 billion-pound cheese surplus. The stockpile of cheese started to build several years ago.

Sirota shows off a wheel of cheese with Vladimir Putin's name. He's been saving it especially for the Russian president, but so far has had no luck delivering it.

World News

In Russia, A Dairy Owner Dreams Of Delivering Cheese To Vladimir Putin

5:01am November 22, 2018

by Lucian Kim

"Normal people collect stamps and I try to give my cheese to Putin," says cheesemaker David Sirota. "I know 100 ways to get into an event with Putin but every time, his security takes away my cheese."

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The European Union's highest court has ruled that a food's taste can't be copyrighted. Here, people shop for cheese in Gouda, Netherlands, in 2015.

World News

There's No Copyrighting Taste, Rules EU Court In Dutch Cheese Case

2:21pm November 13, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Unlike literary or musical works, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled, the taste of a food depends on who's tasting it.

Kentucky bourbon could be the target of new tariffs from European allies if President Trump approves restrictions on steel and aluminum imports.

Kentucky Bourbon, Wisconsin Cheese Could Be Targets In Trade War

1:05pm February 21, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The European Union is considering ways to fight back if the Trump administration adopts tariffs or quotas on imported steel and aluminum.

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A block of Tomme de Savoie cheese ages with a sweater of Mucor lanceolatus fungal mold. Mucor itself doesn't have a strong taste, but more flavorful bacteria can travel far and wide along its hyphae â the microscopic, branched tendrils that fungi use

Science

The Cheese Does Not Stand Alone: How Fungi And Bacteria Team Up For A Tastier Rind

11:32am January 29, 2018

by Menaka Wilhelm

Cheese rinds may seem simple, even discardable, but the microbial world they contain is complex. Among their inhabitants: bacterial swimmers that hop on highways of fungal tendrils to get around.