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Call them by their name: raw milk cheeses denied their identity

3 October 2023 Jack Coulton

“I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” cries John Proctor at the end of Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible, refusing to sign a confession that would spare him from a death sentence for witchcraft. Perhaps it’s a stretch, but we can see some parallels with the plight of raw milk cheesemakers …

From coast to coast, via the meadows! Slow Fish and Cheese in 2023

1 February 2023

Slow Food events in 2023 to explore good, clean and fair As Slow Wine Fair draws to a close, we look ahead to the other two major events on the Slow Food calendar for 2023: Slow Fish and Cheese. Slow Fish Where: Genoa, Italy (Porto Antico – Piazza Caricamento – Piazza De Ferrari) When: June 1-4 …

Cheese 2021: Slow Food Commits to Promoting Animal Welfare in Europe

24 September 2021

Slow Meat campaign to be a priority for the movement over the next three years. “Consider the animals”: This theme was the guiding thread that ran through four days of meetings, debates, tastings and educational activities at Cheese, the international event organized every two years by the City of Bra and Slow Food with the …

To Make Good, Healthy Cheese you need Natural, Diverse Meadows

18 September 2021

In Italy, stable meadows are disappearing through the abandonment of the countryside and soil consumption. Across Europe they occupy a surface area as large as France, and the most flourishing meadows are found in Ireland, Spain and Portugal. They’re fundamental for maintaining biodiversity, be it vegetal or animal, and for the diet and well-being of …

Once upon a time there was Cheese: a message from Carlo Petrini

16 September 2021 Carlo Petrini

Friday, September 17th, 2021 we’ll inaugurate the 13th edition of Cheese, which is now in its 24th year. If i think about the young people who are beginning their studies at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in these same days, i realize that when Cheese started they weren’t even born. And so it’s with them …

Mother Noella Marcellino and the Promise of Cheese

13 September 2021

For most people, the first images that come to mind at the mention of biodiversity are of wild fauna: swarms of tropical fish around a coral reef, or birds-of-paradise in the rainforest. Slow Food has been working for decades to broaden that image to all the domesticated plant varieties and animal breeds which human beings …

Cheese on the Big Screen

20 August 2021

Cheese 2021 takes you to the pastures to meet the herders and cheesemakers behind every great cheese, to discover their stories and their know-how. Cheese is your window onto a world where humans are trying to establish a healthier balance in their relationships with nature and animals. Cheese 2021 hosts a cinematic aperitif every day …

The White Modenese Cow: Milk from the Hills

19 August 2021

Bazzano is a village in Valsamoggia, on the apennine side of the valley formed by the Samoggia stream that runs down through the hills towards Bologna and the border with the province of Modena. This is where we find La Zaira, a wine bar with a kitchen run by Belinda Cuniberti together with her husband …

Cheese 2021: Every Breed is Different

13 August 2021

For most people, the image of milk is closely tied to cows, usually pictured in some bucolic landscape, a white coat with great black spots. But it’s not always like that, thankfully: not all cows are holstein-friesians, though this breed is the most widespread worldwide, usually raised in an intensive, industrial fashion. When we talk …

Dinner Dates at Cheese 2021

3 August 2021

The most luscious and luxurious occasions to explore the world of cheese are back: the Dinner Dates! The Dinner Dates at Cheese 2021 are four opportunities to broaden your knowledge of the dairy world and explore themes like food recovery and the interconnections between ecosystems through taste. Check out the program and see what whets …