Margaret Leahy for culture: the word on cheese https://culturecheesemag.com/author/margaret/ Culture, America's magazine for cheese lovers, delivers stories about cheeses, cheesemakers, travel to gorgeous cheese regions, and practical tips on buying, presenting, and cooking with cheese. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:54:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://culturecheesemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-Culture-Logo-32x32.jpg Margaret Leahy for culture: the word on cheese https://culturecheesemag.com/author/margaret/ 32 32 Cheese +: Prosciutto Old and New https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/a-simple-recipe-makes-prosciutto-a-modern-marvel/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/a-simple-recipe-makes-prosciutto-a-modern-marvel/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:33:09 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=41362 On my first day of work at a gourmet cheese and charcuterie shop, prosciutto wasn’t part of my formal onboarding. But at the end of my seven-hour shift—my head filled with SKUs, PLUs, and daily to-dos—someone requested a quarter pound of prosciutto di Parma. She was one of our tougher regular customers, but I didn’t […]

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/a-simple-recipe-makes-prosciutto-a-modern-marvel/feed/ 0 Drinks with Cheese: Sober Spirits https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese-sober-spirits/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese-sober-spirits/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:01:08 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=41373 The Volstead Act of 1919—a.k.a. Prohibition—effectively banned the manufacture, sale, or possession of “any intoxicating liquor” in the United States, excepting those used for religious purposes. Backed by religious groups, the legislation was intended to curb alcoholism, domestic violence, and booze-fueled corruption. Instead, the mass bootlegging operations that ensued gave us illicit speakeasies, toxic bathtub […]

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese-sober-spirits/feed/ 0 Drinks with Cheese: Reconsidering Tiki https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese/tiki-drinks-with-cheese/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese/tiki-drinks-with-cheese/#respond Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:00:44 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=40658 As American consumers have grown more and more aware of where the things they enjoy come from, the truth behind tiki has been getting more attention.

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese/tiki-drinks-with-cheese/feed/ 0 Cheese Plate: Atomic, Aged https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/cheese-plate-atomic-aged/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/cheese-plate-atomic-aged/#respond Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:00:16 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=40678 We're bringing some of the most bizarre food experiments from the Cold War era back to the table—with the right cheeses, of course.

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/cheese-plate-atomic-aged/feed/ 0 The Go Plate: Traveling With Cheese https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/the-go-plate-traveling-with-cheese/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/the-go-plate-traveling-with-cheese/#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:36 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=40118 Taking a cue from @thatcheeseplate, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite cheeses and accoompaniments that make it easy to snack in style wherever you are.

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/the-go-plate-traveling-with-cheese/feed/ 0 4 Products You Need To Keep Your Cheese Fresh https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-iq/how-to-store-cheese/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-iq/how-to-store-cheese/#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:14 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=40066 Here are a few refrigerated cheese storage solutions that make for happier cheese (and cheese eaters) AND cut down on waste.

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/cheeseplate/emotional-self-care-101/feed/ 0 Drinks with Cheese: The Green Fairies https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese/verdant-spirits/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese/verdant-spirits/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:00:41 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=39811 The perfect foil to these green beauties is salt—which, as luck would have it, is one of the three ingredients needed to make cheese.

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]]> https://culturecheesemag.com/centerfold/centerfold-red-rock/feed/ 0 Drinks With Cheese: Getting to the Root https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese-getting-to-the-root/ https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-pairings/drinks-with-cheese-getting-to-the-root/#respond Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:00:07 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=39518 We dig tuber-based brews with cheese.

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