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Trip to the Swiss Alps: Prologue
If you've been a customer, or even just a follower, of Boston Cheese Cellar, then you will probably remember last October, when we...
Jun 11, 20191 min read
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Crystals, Crunch and Cheese
You have most likely eaten, and perhaps even crave for, cheese with ‘a crunch’. Cheeses such as Goudas, Parmesan, and Cheddars have...
Feb 7, 20197 min read
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Cheese, the Microbiome and You.
One of the hot health-related topics in the past couple of years or so, is the microbiome and how it affects human health. We thought it...
Aug 10, 20186 min read
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Cricket Creek Farm — A Farmstead Raw Milk Cheese Dairy in Massachusetts
Way out in northwest Massachusetts, you will find Cricket Creek Farm. It's at the end of long dirt road, which itself is at the end of a...
Apr 26, 20184 min read
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Lactose Intolerance Explained
What is Lactose and what is Lactase? All mammals are weaned on their mother's milk, which provides for them easily digestible and...
Apr 9, 20185 min read
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Milk Allergy Explained
Working behind a cheese counter, we talk to our customers about the impact dairy products can have on health, be it as an important way...
Feb 22, 20183 min read
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What does the Colour of Cheese tell us?
If you spend just a few minutes in front of any cheese case, you will probably be struck by how different the cheeses look. They are of...
Jan 11, 20182 min read
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Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese
On a delightful - and unusually - warm October Sunday evening, Boston Cheese Cellar was fortunate to host Francis and Bronwen Percival....
Oct 18, 20173 min read
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Bra, Italy; Cheese 2017. Day Two.
The city of Bra has a population of 30,000 people. During the Slow Food festival, this swells to 300,000. Ten times the normal number of...
Sep 19, 20173 min read
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Bra, Italy; Cheese 2017. Day one.
Bra is a town in the Piedmont of Italy to the west of Milan and south of Turin. From the top of the town, in the far distance you can see...
Sep 15, 20172 min read
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Of Cows, Milk, Microbes and Cheese.
The rumen of a cow is the organ where the break down of the grass, hay and other foods into usable products occurs. In fact, without the...
Jul 26, 20173 min read
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Neal's Yard Dairy at Boston Cheese Cellar
On a beautiful summer's evening at the end of June, Boston Cheese Cellar hosted Karim Lahsinat from Neal's Yard Dairy, in London,...
Jun 28, 20171 min read
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Cheese & Milk Terms Explained
We are bombarded with jargon everyday, all day: at our work, from our friends, from the radio, the television, and the internet. There...
Apr 25, 20175 min read
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Cheesemaking at Cato Corner
It's easy to get out of the city here in New England. From Boston, a 30 minute drive gets you outside I95, where you'll probably see more...
Mar 27, 20174 min read
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