Issue #3 - Summer 2010
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Issue #3 - Summer 2010
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Recipe of the Month
The creamy texture and rich cheesy taste will make instant fans of kids while quick stovetop cooking ensures that cooks will appreciate the ease.
The Idiot’s Guide to Mascarpone

Lore has it that the discovery of cheese was something of a happy accident, an unplanned consequence of milk being tucked in a shepherd-of-yore’s saddle l bag—most likely a sheep’s stomach. A little bit of agitation from the movement of the rider, along with enzymes from the sheep’s stomach, was enough to curdle the milk and the rest, as they say, is cheese history.

A Goat Cheese Odyssey
A pictorial history of Goat cheese
Kidding Around
Great Recipes for the Young Crowd
Delicious Synergies: Pairing Cheese and White Wines
There’s magic to be made in partnerships of white wine and cheese. We’ll drink to that, especially in summer months.
Luck of the Irish
Inventive farmhouse cheeses are positioning Ireland as Europe’s cheese-making frontier. Happily, a growing number of are available stateside.
Terms of Discussion
There’s nothing like the right lingo to make cheese adventures more fun—and informative. Here, from a man who can talk his way around the entire cheese universe, is guide for becoming fluent in the language of cheese.
Mad for Mozzarella
This favorite fresh cheese demands nothing more than to be eaten with gusto.
Tell Us How Say Cheese Stacks Up
Since it was launched in January of this year, Say Cheese has received lots of great emails from readers. We’ve learned which recipes they try—and like best, what types of cheese their children gobble with the greatest delight and heard about how much they enjoy indulging their passion for cheese.
Cheese-Minded in Seattle
From August 25 – 28, 2010, 400 or so of the nation’s top cheese makers will settle into Seattle for the American Cheese Society’s Cheese-A-Topia conference, an intensive, all-about-cheese event with a strong emphasis on professional education. Much of the agenda is geared to the pros who create cheese—sessions include TK. Several stand-out happenings are aimed at the general public, though, so mark your calendars and make plans to visit this can’t-miss cheese extravaganza.
Cheese Appreciation 101
Learning about cheese is within easy reach of anyone who has a sense of adventure and access to a good cheese store. Here are some tips to jump-start the journey.
A Matter of Degrees
So you think chefs are one up on home cooks in every regard? Commenting about the culinary advantages home cooks have (yes, there are some!), cookbook author, television chef and food authority Jacques Pepin once noted that at home, cheese can be served at the proper temperature. In restaurants, ordinances require that it be chilled until serving time.