The Dairy Show

Food Curated Presents: Lucy's Whey

Liza over at Food Curated has done quite a few Dairy related shows.  This one below is about one of my favorite Cheesemongers, my friend Amy Thompson of Lucy's Whey at the Chelsea Market.  I first met Amy at a Slow Food NYC Event and she recognized me from The Dairy Show--pretty cool.  Check out this video with her story and a great trip to Calkins Creamery.

 

USDA Advises Eat More-No Eat Less-No Eat More Cheese

In this week’s New York Times there is an article about cheese and public health.  The perfect topic for a post!

The article by Michael Moss, who has written great articles some about beef safety in the past, discusses the dual responsibilities of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).  On one hand the USDA is charged with providing nutritional guidelines to the public and on the other it is also charged with promoting agricultural products to improve sales.  Moss discusses how the Dairy Management Organization, started by the USDA, recently advised Domino’s to add more cheese to their pizza in order to increase sales.  The writes that the new pizza has 40% more cheese and that ¼ of a pie contains ¾ of the daily-recommended allowance of saturated fat.  He contrasts this with recommendations from the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, who advise eating a diet low in saturated fat.  A diet low in saturated fat should involve eating less cheese and meat.

Cheese Rolling

Today was the great cheese rolling competition in Gloucestrshire England.  If you are not familiar with this event, basically its a bunch of crazy people throwing themselves down a giant super steep hill after a wheel of Double Gloucester.  The winner gets to keep the cheese.  Its an extremely dangerous competition that results in many many injuries.  This must be one special piece of dairy.  You can read more about it in this article from The Daily Mail.  

Italian Cheese "Bail Out"

The makers of Parmigiano Reggiano in Italy are in trouble.  This amazing cheese is made under strict guidelines, by individual farms, has seen its whole sale price drop to a level that makes it unprofitable.  As a partial solution the government of Italy is buying 100,000 wheels to donate to charity. 

You can read more about it in The Wall Street Journal   

and check out this video story with some cool shots of how the cheese is made.