Articles: Your Guide to All Things Cheese
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How Many Ounces of Cheese in a Cup? The Answer, the Chart & Why Your Recipe Lied to You
Cheese 101 Straight answer: 1 cup of shredded cheese is about 4 ounces by weight. Grated hard cheese like parmesan runs lighter, about 3 ounces per cup. Cream cheese is the outlier at 8 ounces per cup. That's the headline....
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What Is a Wisconsin Supper Club? The Old-Fashioned Night Out That Never Went Out of Style
Quick answer: a supper club is a destination restaurant, usually family-owned, often on a lake or a county highway, where dinner is an entire evening. You arrive early, order a brandy old fashioned at the bar, graze a relish...
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Low Sodium Cheese: Which Cheeses Are Actually Low in Salt (A Cheesemaker Answers Honestly)
Straight answer first: the lowest-sodium common cheeses are Swiss-style cheeses, at roughly 50 to 75 mg per ounce, followed by fresh mozzarella, goat cheese & ricotta. The highest are feta, blue, parmesan & processed cheeses, which can run 300 to...
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Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup: The Recipe That Tastes Like a Supper Club in a Bowl
Recipes Two of Wisconsin's proudest exports, one pot. Beer cheese soup is what this state serves when the temperature drops & the Packers kick off, & most recipes out there get one thing wrong: the cheese. Here's the real-deal...
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What Is Soppressata? The Bold Italian Salami Your Cheese Board Has Been Missing
Meats Say it with us: soh-preh-SAH-tah. Fun to say, better to eat. Soppressata is the big-personality Italian salami that shows up on serious charcuterie boards & fancy pizzas, & then everyone at the table asks what it is. Here's...
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Halloween Charcuterie Board Ideas: Spooky Spreads That Disappear Faster Than the Candy
Entertaining Halloween Charcuterie Board Ideas: Spooky Spreads That Disappear Faster Than the Candy Picture this: the costumes are on, the doorbell won't stop, & somewhere between trick-or-treaters your guests need actual food. Enter the Halloween charcuterie board. Equal parts snack...