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
Introducing a New Member to the CTC Squad, Carlos Yescas
Introducing friend of the podcast - and future guest host! - Carlos Yescas. He joined Cara to discuss his career in cheese, view points, and what we can expect in his upcoming collaboration on Cuttin…
00:31:45 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Onesto Crackers, being a vegan, and supporting cheese literally and figuratively
Host Cara Warren chats with Jane E. Ciccone about her company Onesto Foods, from their eco-friendly commitment to the unique market of crackers. Plus best pairings for different cheeses.
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00:34:22 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Matt Benham, the NEW 2020 Daphne Zepos Teaching Award Winner
Host Cara Warren interviews Matt Benham about what his expectations are for his upcoming research and what it means to him to be honored with this prestigious award.
In March, HRN began producing…
00:34:43 |
Mon 10 Aug 2020
The Eye of the Storm: Another COVID Check-In with Specialty Cheese Retail
We continue our pandemic-focused series of interviews with industry professionals about selling cheese in the time of COVID. Here we're joined by Laura Logos Downey of Fairfield Cheese Shop to hear a…
00:54:53 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Victory Cheese
My two guests are Stephanie Skinner and Molly Browne, both of whom were instrumental in starting Victory Cheese, which has attempted to help American cheesemakers during the pandemic. We discuss the …
00:37:21 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Caitlin O'Neill and What's new on the West Coast, a POV and a discussion of whats ahead for cheese retail
Host Cara Warren interviews Caitlin O'Neill of Cowgirl Creamery to hear her POV and what's ahead for the cheese retail world.
In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes …
00:52:25 |
Mon 06 Jul 2020
Tyromancy: Or, An Attempt To See the Future Of Cheese, and In Cheese
Continuing our deep dive into COVID-19 and its impact on the cheese and specialty food industries, we pick up the conversation with Tyler Hawes. Tyler brings two decades of industry experience and sc…
00:47:26 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Interview with Ari Weinsweig
Ari Weinzweig is one of the two co-founders of Zingerman's. He has also written business books about his unusual business beliefs, including transparency and good pay. He and Diane discuss both the C…
00:53:52 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Sake and Cheese Pairing with Jesse Pugach
Jesse Pugach is the founder of Fifth Taste, a San Francisco-based distributor of artisanal sake. In this episode, host Cara Warren, unwraps the details of pairing Sake and Cheese, and learns the bas…
01:03:35 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
Adapting At the Counter
Brie Hurd of The Cheese Shop of Salem is back! On today's show, Brie chats with Elena about how she's pivoting operations to succeed in the new COVID-19 context.
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00:42:46 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
PPPerspectives on Cheesemaking and COVID-19
Cheesemaker and entrepreneur Mateo Kehler joins host Aaron Foster to discuss the stark financial realities facing cheesemakers in the time of COVID-19. What does the future look like for American art…
00:55:35 |
Tue 19 May 2020
Illustrator, Michelle Vieira, Columbus Curd Nerd
Michelle Vieira is an Illustrator bringing light and happiness to the online cheese world. From rocking cheese illustrations to Cheese Pin-up girls, here's whats next in the cheese art department!
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00:52:52 |
Tue 12 May 2020
The Mobile Monger, Janee' Muha
Cara speaks with Janee', the Mobile Monger about her new interview program. Each day she interviews a different American artisan cheesemaker about their current problems and resolve.
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00:44:02 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Cabot Creamery Farmer Amanda Freund talks Smart Barns and Cow Pots
Amanda Freund tells us all about her experience as a 3rd generational farmer and how cooperatives are helping support New England and Vermont communities thru sustainable agriculture like smart barns…
00:40:22 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Running a Cheese Shop in the Epicenter of COVID-19
Elena chats with fellow Cutting the Curd host and independent cheese shop owner, Aaron Foster, about what life is like right now on the front lines of cheese retail in New York City.
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01:08:58 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
The DZTA award, still going strong!
Both Tom Perry and Sam Frank join Diane to give an update on Daphne Zepos's award which provides money for European Travel to research a cheese issue. As previous winners, and current Board members, …
00:41:25 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
Sweet Grass Dairy - a Decade of Difference
Jessica and Cara talk about what has evolved at Sweet Grass Dairy for Jessica Little since her previous interview with Anne Saxelby (one decade ago) in 2010 and what's next down the line!
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00:37:28 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
CMI West Coast Winner shares all - Sarah Munly
Sarah Munly discusses what it's like to win CMI San Fran 2020. Plus we dive deep into inspirations for her Feminist Goddess cheese plates.
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00:32:22 |
Mon 02 Mar 2020
2020 Hindsight: Revisiting Ivy and Second Mouse Cheese One Year In
When we last spoke to Ivy Ronquillo, she was mere weeks away from opening her own cheese shop in Pleasantville, New York: Second Mouse Cheese. Now, almost a year later, we check back in with her to s…
00:48:42 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
Passing the Podcast Torch
In line with our show's tradition, as new host Cara Warren joins the Cutting the Curd team, she takes an episode to interview our most recent host, Elena Santogade.
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00:30:38 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
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