Podcast appearances and mentions of michele buster

For some people in the world of food, it isn’t about composing a dish or a cocktail or overseeing a balanced wine list. For some people, it’s just about one thing, one love amidst the trove of food and drink products. For Michele Buster, for the past 26 years, that one thing is cheese.Recently dubbing herself the Head Treasure Hunter when asked what she actually did, Buster has spent many years cultivating expertise in specialty foods of the Mediterranean. Like most people who fall hard for cheese, Buster fed her passion with firsthand experience, living abroad in Italy and Spain, tasting their rich array of cheeses and observing local artisanship with her own eyes. As any good traveler does, Buster built her career on bringing home the treasures she’d tasted abroad and being the voice of the people who made them. Over the past decade, she has been instrumental in shaping the emergence of European products in the American marketplace. She has done this noble work alongside partner-formed Forever Cheese, which focuses on cheeses and specialty products from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Croatia. When not sourcing products in Europe, Buster frequently travels across the United States, conducting classes and tastings for specialty stores and restaurants. A respected part of the cheese community, she is a member of the prestigious International Guilde des Fromagers. The PDO Sao Jorge Consortium in Portugal inducted her as an honorary member, and she was also recognized with an award from Murcia, Spain, for being the person who most stimulated the agronomy of the region. Buster has been written up on numerous occasions from the Philadelphia Inquirer and News Day to trade magazines like Culture as well as the prestigious Travel and Leisure where she was asked to talk about one of her favorite places in the world. She was featured on the cover of Cheese Connoisseur Magazine and most recently, was profiled by the Wine Spectator as a “One-Woman Flavor Crusade.”In an era where regional and local flavors are at the forefront, Buster is the kind of passionate champion every product needs.Check out what Michele is up to at: https://forevercheese.com/

On a packed episode of Food Talk with Mike Colameco, Mike first sits down with Andrew Tarlow and Anna Dunn, co-authors of Dinner at the Long Table, followed by a cheese tasting with Michele Buster of Forever Cheese. And after the break, Daniel Sklaar talks about his conscious confections at Fine & Raw Chocolate.

Did you know vegetable rennet – a milk coagulant derived from plants – was once used in areas of Italy when animal rennet was unavailable? Today, Fattorie Fiandino in Piedmont, Italy continues to produce a line of cheeses made with vegetable rennet traditional to their area. Tune in to learn about the process of making vegetable rennet and what makes this coagulant so special. Greg Blais hosts, with special guest co-host Michele Buster of Forever Cheese.

Anne Saxelby and Sophie Slesginer are joined by Michele Buster of Forever Cheese and Mitica on this week’s Cutting the Curd. Forever Cheese and Mitica are importers of European cheeses, almonds, and other goods. Tune in to hear Michele’s start with distributing cheese, how language has helped her importing cheeses, and the differences between different Manchego cheeses. Listen to how FDA regulations have impeded cheese importation, and thus affects the already depressed economy in Europe. Michele loves sheep’s milk cheeses, and hopes that you will, too. This episode has been brought to you by Edward’s. “I never looked to see what people were asking for, it was about us finding things that we were so passionate about, and creating that ‘want’ here.” —Michele Buster on Cutting the Curd

This week on Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer sits down to chat with Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market and Michele Buster of Forever Cheese to have an in-depth conversation on the import/export process as it relates to foreign and domestic artisanal cheese. Find out why Steve thinks the government has made it impossible through regulations and restrictions to price domestic artisanal cheese competitively and how some of the product that gets imported to our country is destroyed for reasons as silly as label misprints. Also find out why Steve believes government mandated testing for olive oil is a nightmare. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market. “Meat actually has a sturdier life than cheese does. You have to use kid gloves to bring cheese in [from abroad].” “We’ve always believed that, as a whole, it’s best to promote all cheese, not just imported cheese.” –Michele Buster of Forever Cheese on Straight, No Chaser “The truth is, the stuff that we import is the most precious and unforgettable food items you could possibly want to get your hands on as an American.” “The [FDA] makes us destroy things with simple labeling errors, not because there was anything wrong with the food. Then they charge you to destroy it! It’s big-mamma government just waltzing around, sitting on everybody’s face and I’ve had it up to here with it.” –Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market on Straight, No Chaser

This week on Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer sits down to chat with Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market and Michele Buster of Forever Cheese to have an in-depth conversation on the import/export process as it relates to foreign and domestic artisanal cheese. Find out why Steve thinks the government has made it impossible through regulations and restrictions to price domestic artisanal cheese competitively and how some of the product that gets imported to our country is destroyed for reasons as silly as label misprints. Also find out why Steve believes government mandated testing for olive oil is a nightmare. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market. “Meat actually has a sturdier life than cheese does. You have to use kid gloves to bring cheese in [from abroad].” “We’ve always believed that, as a whole, it’s best to promote all cheese, not just imported cheese.” –Michele Buster of Forever Cheese on Straight, No Chaser “The truth is, the stuff that we import is the most precious and unforgettable food items you could possibly want to get your hands on as an American.” “The [FDA] makes us destroy things with simple labeling errors, not because there was anything wrong with the food. Then they charge you to destroy it! It’s big-mamma government just waltzing around, sitting on everybody’s face and I’ve had it up to here with it.” –Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market on Straight, No Chaser

This week on Snacky Tunes, Greg & Darin are in the studio together and embark on an epic cheese journey with Michele Buster of Forever Cheese. Later on, Computer Magic stops by to preview her upcoming EP and drops a spaced out set full of originals and influences. This episode was sponsored by Fancy Restaurant Records.