Moldy cheese has been a sensitive topic for me since last summer, when I published a video that went viral for all the wrong reasons: it was a simple demo featuring my hands scraping and slicing the mold off of a block of cheddar that I’d neglected in my cheese drawer for a few weeks too long. It was mottled with soft white and green patches, which I carefully removed before shredding the cheese and nestling it onto a tuna melt. I had no idea the video would be controversial, and was more worried that people would be grossed out by my tuna salad recipe (some people seem to really hate mayo, an ..read more

Celebrate the launch of my debut book, Cheese Sex Death: A Bible for the Cheese Obsessed. Order your copy here, and don’t forget to claim your preorder gift here. 10/21 @ 6PMCT: Cheese Church with Jasper Hill Farm Jasper Hill Farm and I have conjured up a night of thrills, chills, and cheese sluttery! We’ll worship 3 of their spookiest cheeses with ghastly pairings. $100 for the class, cheese box (w/shipping), AND an early copy of my book, or $20 for just the class. $10 from every $20 Class Registration will be donated to the Cheese Culture Coalition. 10/26 @ 7PMCT Virtual Book Launch Party on ..read more

Preorders are live for Cheese Sex Death: A Bible for the Cheese Obsessed ! I’m so excited to announce that my first book is officially available for preorder! She’s coming out on October 26th, but you can order her through any of the retailers linked below: Bookshop IndieBound Powells Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Amazon I spent the past year working to create the perfect guidebook to help you cheese sluts worship our lord Cheesus. In true cheese preacher style, I designed her off of the real Holy Bible, separating all of that sacred intel into two glorious parts: The Old T ..read more

A directory of American cheese shops, organized by state. Click here to see where to buy cheese online. Alabama Busy Corner Cheese and Provisions (Birmingham) - CS Belle Chevre (Elkmont) - OS, NS The Cheese Cottage (Mobile) - XX closed for shopping, but hosting a series of instagram live cheese instructional videos Dayspring Dairy (Gallant) CS, NS Alaska Fromagio’s Artisan Cheese (Anchorage) - CS Arizona Arizona Farms Cheese (multiple locations)- OS, NS Arcadia Premium (Phoenix) - OS, DL Arkansas Sweet Freedom Cheese (Bentonville) - OS, CS California Bohemian Creamery (Sebastopol) - CS Centr ..read more

Toe-Curling Pleasure, Guaranteed When you’re getting cozy with a little Comté, you know you’re in for a good time. That’s because that shit is AOC (French for, essentially, “protected origin”). In other words, if the label says “Comté,” it’s going to rock your world no matter where you find it. You’ve probably had Swiss Gruyere, the cheese often found smothering French Onion soup or oozing out of Croque Madames.  Think of Comté as Gruyere’s French cousin: it’s very similar, but different because of its distinct terroir. It’s so complex and delicious—the kind of cheese that curd nerds ..read more

Like A Three-way Between Cheese, Caramel, and Fudge Gjetost (yeh-toast) is a traditional brown cheese from Norway that tastes a lot like butterscotch and sticks to the roof of your mouth like peanut butter. It’s not fancy, it doesn’t have mold, and it’s not even really cheese – but It’s damned delicious. I’m pretty sure gjetost is the weirdest “cheese” out there. I mean, it’s not even really cheese. A lot of people say American cheese isn’t really cheese, but at least that starts with cheese. Gjetost starts with whey, the leftover liquid from cheesemaking. Whey is rich with&nbs ..read more

Five Minutes of Effort For Fresh AF Ricotta! Sweet, fluffy ricotta—is there any cheese more fit for the heat of summer? It’s refreshing and makes the perfect bed for summer produce, like plump raspberries, sweet peas, or sautéed greens. It’s also delicious in dumplings, pancakes, and cheesecake too. Homemade ricotta is tastier, fresher, and healthier than store-bought versions, which usually have preservatives. This isn’t the kind of cheese you want to preserve. It’s always best when you eat it fresh. It’ll last a couple days, but you should really enjoy it in a couple minutes ..read more

Your Own Personal Brie-sus This one’s for those cold winter nights when you most need some cheesy comfort. A perfect single serving of luscious, oozing brie with garlicky roasted shrooms prime for dunking. It’s warm, creamy, and will give you that gravity blanket level of comfort with an orgasmic explosion of flavor. I made this with Big Sur from Stepladder Creamery, but you can use any mini wheel of brie, like the Petite Brie from Marin French Cheese or a 4-oz slice of a larger wheel. If you hate mushrooms, try this with sweet potato wedges, carrots, or broc ..read more

This post is sponsored by Cypress Grove The Spellbinding Marriage of Velvety Goat Cheese & Autumnal Manhattan It’s fall, y’all! I’m sad that summer is ending, but there’s just nothing like a cozy evening spent with a whiskey drink and a wedge of fine cheese. Especially Humboldt Fog from Cypress Grove, so dense and cake-like  she begs for something slightly sweet and soul-warming. So I conjured up a simple, sweet, autumnal cocktail. Enter the Maple Manhattan. This cocktail is both woodsy and elegant, like a lumberjack who knows how to dress for dinner The oak of the whiskey and th ..read more

It’ll Make You Love Blue Cheese How to Become a Blue Cheese Lover I have a feeling a lot of people who hate blue cheese just haven’t had the right one. A good blue is salty, creamy, decadent and heavenly…but that signature funk is too kinky for virgin palates. Adding butter to blue cheese is kind of like putting fur on handcuffs.  The extra fat smooths out the cheese’s pungent flavor, carrying it across your palate and softening the blow. This butter will groom your tastebuds, seducing them into the pleasures of funky blue cheese. If you’re blue cheese averse, start by smearing this butte ..read more