The long arc of human history has produced astonishing developments in technology, medicine, culture and many other facets of life. Focusing on one such element and tracing its progression through the ...

The following is an excerpt from the short book "Cheese" (Pocket Guide Club, 2018). Get the full text on Amazon. Did you know it was Thomas Jefferson who first brought mac and cheese to America? While ...

(via TEDEd) Before empires and royalty, before pottery and writing, before metal tools and weapons – there was cheese. As early as 8000 BCE, Neolithic farmers began a legacy of cheesemaking almost as ...

Dunbarton Blue was a cheese that almost never existed. Chris Roelli, fresh out of college and ready to take over the family business, looked forward to the challenge of making cheddar like his father ...

National Cheese Curd Day, celebrated annually on Oct. 15, was created in 2015 by the fast-food chain Culver’s to recognize Wisconsin’s signature treat. But the history of cheese curds goes back ...

From the humble grilled cheese sandwich to the fancy charcuterie board, cheese has the power to make almost every meal better. Today, with thousands of cheese varieties available -- including some ...

If you've ever traveled to Montreal or Quebec, chances are you stumbled across the delicious food item of poutine. The iconic French-Canadian dish consists of french fries, chicken gravy, and, of ...

I thought I had written about every dairy product on the market but realized this morning that I missed one. One of my favorite things to eat is a New York-style bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese ...

8000-3000 BC — Man makes cheese for the first time. No one's really sure of the exact date (people were too busy raping, pillaging, and experimenting with fire back then to mark it on a calendar), but ...