Cutting the Curd
Featuring interviews with notable cheesemakers, cheesemongers, and cheese-lovers, Cutting the Curd is an informative, occasionally irreverent, but always cheesy look at the curdy, the nerdy, and the downright funky world of artisan cheese.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 570
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Episode 350: My Mother's Kitchen. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and the Meaning of Life
Peter Gethers, author, screenwriter, playwright, book editor, and film and television producer (!!), chats with Diane about his new memoir – what Library Journal calls "a great primer on second acts …
00:48:54 |
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Episode 349: Insider’s Guide to Roth Cheese of Monroe, Wisconsin
Rob Frie, Director of Operations for Roth Cheese calls in from the heart of America’s Dairyland. Elena and Rob chat about Roth Cheese’s unique cheese selection and their approach to the dairy busines…
00:32:13 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Episode 348: And the winners are...
This year the American Cheese Society competition received 1,954 entries! On today's show the competition's Best in Show winners–Jasper Hill Farm and Cows Creamery–will join Diane to talk about their…
00:37:38 |
Mon 06 Aug 2018
Episode 347: Cheese Power to the People
Amid the inspiring energy at this year's American Cheese Society conference, Elena chats with Gordon Edgar of Rainbow Grocery about the store's long-standing worker-owned business model and how it al…
00:36:50 |
Mon 30 Jul 2018
Episode 346: Cheesemaking Powerhouse and Agri-Destination: LaClare Farms of Wisconsin
Elena chats with Katie Fuhrmann in the studio during a break from Katie's Wisconsin-based cheesemaking. We learn how Katie and her team (many of whom are family members!) have built out their dairy a…
00:32:54 |
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Episode 345: Thirty-five Years of Award-Winning Cheese in cookbook form!
Kathleen Shannon Finn, past president of the American Cheese Society, Garde et Jure and Maitre Fromager in the Guilde des Fromagers Confrérie de Saint-Uguzon joins Diane to talk about the cookbook sh…
00:39:17 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Episode 344: 2018 Cheesemonger Invitational Winner Eric Schack
The Cheesemonger Invitational is an industry must-see at this point! On today's show Elena chats with 2018 winner Eric Schack about his journey to cheese and his triumph at this year's competition.
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00:40:48 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
Episode 343: A Collective Approach to the Cheese Biz in Spain
Clara Diez and Ruben Valbuena of Cultivo chat with Elena about Cultivo, their Neals Yard Dairy-inspired shop in Madrid. Born from an economic need to get their cheeses in front of more customers, we …
00:33:19 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
Episode 342: From Cheese to Cocktails to...Records!
Tenaya Darlington, wordsmith-of-fromage, joins Diane to chat about her latest penned project: Booze & Vinyl. Her latest book–co-authored with brother André Darlington–prepares readers to shake, stir,…
00:34:58 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
Episode 341: Disrupting Cheese Retail
An in depth look at the how’s and why’s behind the venerable Park Slope Food Coop. Ever wonder how much this trend-bucking store does in sales each week? Listen to find out! Elena chats with Yuri and…
00:35:33 |
Mon 18 Jun 2018
Episode 340: Want to be a Superhero IRL? #SaveTheEmmentaler
Joe Salonia and Elena do a tasting on air (hint: the cheese is from Switzerland) and strategize on how to prevent one of the world’s oldest traditions from going extinct.
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Mon 11 Jun 2018
Episode 339: Future-proofing American Artisanal Cheese, and Elena nominates Andy Hatch for United States Cheese Czar
Show favorite Andy Hatch regales Elena in studio with tales of a recent sales trip to Australia. And, don't miss the buried lead: Andy sounds the alarm on the potential for a conglomerate-controlled …
00:38:52 |
Mon 04 Jun 2018
Episode 338: Book Review: Chèvre, Short Stack Editions, Vol. 33
On today's show Diane interviews Tia Keenan, New York City–based cook, cheese specialist, writer and activist. She is the author of The Art of the Cheese Plate: Pairings, Recipes, Style, Attitude (Ri…
00:41:02 |
Mon 21 May 2018
Episode 337: Cheese Myths of the World: Fact or Fiction?
Self-proclaimed "cheese legend collector" Peter Gross shares some of his curd-related myths with Greg.
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Mon 14 May 2018
Episode 336: From Dream to...Cheese! Cheese Retailing is Fun with the Women Behind Belle Cheese
Retailing ain't easy, especially in New York City. Agatha and Clair of Belle Cheese chat with us about staying sane and having fun on the eve of the shop’s one-year anniversary in the DeKalb Market.
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Mon 07 May 2018
Episode 335: What's the Deal with the American Cheese Society's New Certification, the TASTE Test?!
Nora Weiser, Executive Director of the American Cheese Society (ACS) and Bill Stephenson, Chair of the ACS Certification Committee chat about the new sensory evaluation TASTE test debuting at the ACS…
00:36:24 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Episode 334: Our Global Cheese World Today
Carlos Yescas of the Oldways Cheese Coalition loops us in on the budding Russian cheese movement, the David vs. Goliath war being waged in Normandy and how you can be a part of Raw Milk Cheese Apprec…
00:37:59 |
Mon 09 Apr 2018
Episode 333: Woman in Cheese: Tess McNamara, Director of Retail and Operations at Lucy's Whey
Elena chats with Tess McNamara about the twists and turns in her own cheese career. Tess and Elena talk about the specific challenges and financial realities women face in navigating careers in chees…
00:42:35 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
Episode 332: Book Review: Feast, True Love In and Out of the Kitchen
Newly published author Hannah Howard joins host Diane Stemple in the studio to talk about her just-released memoir Feast. From hostessing at Picholine to slinging cheese at Fairway, Hannah was alread…
00:36:44 |
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Episode 331: The Tables Have Turned: Elena Interviews Greg Blais!
This week we go behind the curtain as Elena interviews Greg Blais himself. Greg takes us down his curd path and shares reflections on how the industry has changed over the years.
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Mon 19 Mar 2018
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