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We chat with Caroline Hesse about her new venture into starting her own distribution company. From her amazing fundraising efforts to her everyday life in sales. In this episode we get the humorous and unforgettable insight into a new chapter of Caroline's "Chesse Cheese" life.Photo Courtesy of Illgander.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Cutting the Curd by becoming a member!Cutting the Curd is Powered by Simplecast.
Brooklyn cheesemonger turned affineur and educator, Mary Casella joins us to talk about her upcoming presentation for the Daphne Zepos Research Award. Plus, we review what she has found so far in her project as well as what's next for her gender study of the dairy industry.Photo Courtesy of Mary Casella.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Cutting the Curd by becoming a member!Cutting the Curd is Powered by Simplecast.
Jeff Buck sits down with singer-songwriter Lauren Oglesby (LLYDIAN, The Light Set) to talk about Bufarolo cheese - a pasteurized water buffalo milk from Italy & Brooklyn. Together the two of them learn about the history behind the Crown Finish Caves where this cheese is aged. Lauren proves that she is the best story teller ever and also shares a VeggieTales song to Jeff about Water Buffalo. Off mic, a long time friend in cheese (Paige Singleton) joins them in the studio to provide funny antidotes. We discuss a potential new strip club and cheese shop named Cavern, and we also dive into "Cave Music" and explain what that is. Lauren gives her official review of Bufarolo cheese, and as always the podcast ends with some #CheesyMoments. Lauren shares two moments, one that involves heating up cheese in a backpack.Follow @saycheesepodEmail: saycheesepod@gmail.comor leave us a positive rating/review!LLYDIAN:https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yiGMvBdvLr0p1lVr3TwpiTHE LIGHT SET:https://open.spotify.com/artist/4BH2W6RKwTBm4h5wdRxrqa
In our third Cheesemaking Elements episode of the year, Elena visits Crown Finish Caves, Brooklyn-based Affineur, to focus on the final steps in the cheesemaking process: maturing, packaging and distributing the cheese. Elena chats with Crown Finish Cave Manager Ethan Partyka and Sales Director Caroline Hesse. It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Cutting The Curd is powered by Simplecast.
Sam Frank has done a lot in his 28 years. He's travelled the world over to speak about and learn about cheese, he's made chocolate on a cacao farm, aged cheese in Brooklyn, made cheese in Europe and was an Army brat growing up. All of this has led him to helm the North American distribution of Jumi Cheese. A Swiss maker and importer of some of the best cheeses you're likely to come across. Listen in as Sam and Harry discuss everything from the Jumi logo, to whether or not you can make Raclette in an Instant Pot. Feast Yr Ears is powered by Simplecast
Host Greg Blais interviews Slow Food USA director Richard McCarthy and Dr. Paul Kindstedt live from the Crown Finish Caves in Crown Heights, Brooklyn at the Molds, Monasteries, and Microscopes event on May 20th.
Host Greg Blais interviews Mother Noella and sisters from the Abbey of Regina Laudis live from the Crown Finish Caves in Crown Heights, Brooklyn at the Molds, Monasteries, and Microscopes event on May 20th.
The R&D process for creating a new cheese can be a long and expensive one for new artisan cheesemakers, but it is also a labor of love. On this week’s episode of Cutting the Curd, host Greg Blais sits down Benton Brown and Sam Frank of the Crown Finish Caves – a cheese aging facility in Crown Heights, Brooklyn – and New York cheesemakers Margot Brooks of Sugar House Creamery and Jos Vulto of Vulto Creamery. While Sugar House ages most of their cheeses in a cave on their farm, they have also worked with Crown Finish to create some spectacular variations on the same small format cheese. Tune in to hear about what it takes to make new and exciting cheeses, and how cheese friendships and community support the R&D process. This program has been brought to you by The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. “We knew we wanted to do the cave age process. We really like that part of the cheesemaking process. We are very passionate about that aspect of cheesemaking and we think it attributes a lot to the flavor of the farmstead cheeses.” [6:30] —Margot Brooks on Cutting the Curd “I like the aging process, I think that’s the most exciting part of the cheese making process… but there’s no necessity to turn any of my cheeses over to an outside facility [to cave age]. That being said, if in the future I needed it, no, I would certainly do it.” [28:50] —Jos Vulto on Cutting the Curd
Cheese royalty is in the house this week on Cutting the Curd! Join Greg Blais as he chats with Peter Dixon and Benton Brown on a candid and insightful episode of the world’s best cheese radio show. Peter Dixon is a dairy foods consultant and artisan cheesemaker. His work with people engaged in or interested in making cheese and other dairy products draws on 30 years of cheesemaking and 15 years of consulting. Peter works with dairy farmers and experienced or aspiring cheesemakers to research, develop, or improve their milk processing businesses. Benton Brown is behind Crown Finish Caves, a cheese aging operation in Brooklyn, NY. This program was brought to you by Edwards VA Ham. “Italian cheeses have a broad spectrum. It can be hard and long aged down to something softer – all from raw milk. That appealed to me. Marketing wise, there isn’t enough of that cheese being made in small batches in an traditional manner.” [04:00] –Peter Dixon on Cutting the Curd