Ep5: Cheeses of the Season – Spring

Milk is seasonal! And so is cheese. In this episode, we talk about how milk varies throughout the year, and a few cheeses that are at peak tastiness right now.

Show notes

Why milk seems the same year-round even though it isn’t naturally so

The relationship of feed and circadian rhythms in milk composition

A Tale of Two Cheeses – an illustration of the differences between winter and spring milk

Some spring cheeses to try – suggestions from a cheesemonger

Leaves in Cheesemaking

Cheeses mentioned in the show

Young goat cheeses: banon, cabecou, chabichou de Poitou, chavignol

Hard cheeses: Graviera, Manchego, Cantal, Ossau-Iraty, Salers

Goat on a tree limb

Flower-coated cheese image from A Better Whey blog

Music (Vivaldi La Primavera and Greek folk music) via Wikimedia

Cretan goat out on a limb in the Zakros Gorge image via Lisa Caywood

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