Getting Started

In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - This week on A Slice of Cheese we explore the microbial ‘starter cultures’ which play a key part in cheesemaking. As their names suggests they are used at the start of the cheesemaking process. Bronwen Percival, cheese buyer for Neal’s Yard Dairy and co-author of Reinventing the Wheel, shares her insights into their role. Giles Barber of Barber’s Cheddar Cheese tells the story of his family’s role in preserving Britain’s traditional cheese starter cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Om Podcasten

Jenny Linford, food writer and heroine of the cheese world after her essay on the plight of the UK cheesemaker in Covid went viral, talks all things cheese. Cheese, foods that go with cheese, cheese pairings and more