My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

All About Cheddar Cheese at Jimmy’s No. 43 Feb. 3

Some people travel the globe in search of love.  Others search for adventure.  But Diana Pittet looked far and wide for cheddar cheese. 
Eat, Pray, Love for cheese lovers?
Find out why Pittet embarked on a 10-month global search for the rich, savory cheddar–and what she learned along the way at this Feb. 3 event at [...]

Women in Cheese at the Astor Center Jan. 6

Ladies, are you hankering to become a cheesemonger?  Or maybe a cheesemistress?
Then come down to the Astor Center to hear about the world of cheese retailing from a group of New York’s best women cheese mavens.
Here are the details from Slow Food about the event at the Astor Center in the East Village:
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Upper West Side: Maya Schaper Reopens Her Cheese and Antiques Shop

It was a sad day when Maya Schaper closed her charming little antiques and cheese store last January. With its dainty vintage plates and other homey mapdata-upper-west-side/”>collectibles, the shop was a great place to browse. Now the New York Times reports that Schaper has reopened her shop in a tiny space on Columbus Avenue. [...]

Food Field Trip: A Day A-Whey to Sprout Creek Farm and Terhune Orchard

September is a great time for a field trip to Hudson Valley farm country.  You can join uber-cheesemistress Ann Saxelby for her annual Day A-Whey. Here are the details:

A Day A-Whey to Sprout Creek Farm and Terhune Orchard
Sunday, September 27th 2009
9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Trip begins and ends at Saxelby Cheesemongers, 120 Essex Street
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Food Product Trends: Best Specialty Foods for 2009

Want to know what foods are considered trendy and innovative? Take a look at the list of finalists for the sofi™ Award for Outstanding New Product of 2009 given out by the the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. They’re the folks who run the twice-yearly Fancy Food Show.
The winners will be announced at [...]