Matt Miller for culture: the word on cheese https://culturecheesemag.com/author/matt-miller/ 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. Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:23:32 +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 Matt Miller for culture: the word on cheese https://culturecheesemag.com/author/matt-miller/ 32 32 Why I Love Butter (and Kale Will Never Love Me Back) https://culturecheesemag.com/stories/ruminations/butter/ https://culturecheesemag.com/stories/ruminations/butter/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://culturecheesemag.com/?p=50408 I was dreaming my life had ended. I was walking along a beach, a large stick of cultured butter at my side, and the path along the sand marking my life was defined by our footsteps. My body had finally succumbed to the stresses of yo-yo dieting, spurts of working out, and extreme lifestyle changes—all driven by the belief that being healthy was better than being happy. After all the starts and stops, the good foods and the bad, in the end all I could think about was how hard I’d tried to be fit and eat right.

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