Paxton & Whitfield's cheese journal
I'm the sort of person who goes upstairs for something and can't remember what it was until I've walked back down again, so remembering all the different cheeses I've scoffed is a frankly impossible...
View ArticleKirkham's Lancashire two ways: Classic and Tasty
'What's your favourite cheese' is one of those impossible questions to answer, like 'what's your favourite album?' or 'which is better, crisps or biscuits?' But there are some cheeses I go back to...
View ArticleBarkham Blue wins British Cheese Awards 2015
Barkham Blue was picked from nearly a thousand cheeses entered into this year's British Cheeses Awards to be named supreme champion.The soft, creamy blue, which is made with Channel Island milk in...
View ArticleCHEESE OF THE WEEK: Besace Affine
Don't judge a cheese by its cover. This wonky goats' cheese coated in ash is not exactly a looker (my father-in-law described it as 'fish head' cheese) but it was the stand out fromage on my Christmas...
View ArticleGolden Cross: 'It's a 24/7 life'
Golden Cross had a good awards season last year with its eponymous goats cheese winning super gold at the World Cheese Awards and named best soft white at the British Cheese Awards. Not that owners...
View ArticleTop five new British cheeses
The British cheese scene goes from strength to strength with new producers and new cheeses appearing all the time. What's been noticeable in the past year or is how British cheesemakers are being more...
View ArticleShropshire Blue wins British Cheeses Awards 2016
Cropwell Bishop is best known for its Stilton, but it was the Nottinghamshire company's Shropshire Blue that was named Supreme Champion at this years British Cheese Awards.The spicy, nutty blue cheese,...
View ArticleBaron Bigod and the raw milk revolution
In many ways the story of Fen Farm Dairy in Suffolk is a familiar one. Third-generation dairy farmer Jonny Crickmore and his wife Dulcie became so fed up with rock bottom milk prices in the late...
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