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Cheese

A well-stocked shop at Van’s historic cheese bazaar, which includes an array of pickled wild herbs, sold separately.

Turkey’s eastern Van region serves up sheep’s milk cheese — the traditional way

Food

In the eastern Turkish city of Van, a market devoted entirely to cheese serves up a regional specialty made of sheep’s milk and wild herbs, gathered in the mountains. 

"So" is a 1,000-year-old Japanese cheese that recently became popular among people stuck at home due to the coronavirus.

In Japan, a 1,000-year-old cheese recipe makes its comeback

Food
Goats

Russians get their goats to circumvent European cheese blockade

Global Politics
A BMW

Forget the apple. Saudi Arabia is offering its best teachers a Bimmer

Global Scan
Jay Close — Cheesemaker

Meet Russia’s unlikely poster boy — and cheesemaker — for its embargo on Western goods

Global Politics
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French candies at MA France in Lexington, Massachusetts.

For this French expat, gourmet food pleases the palate, but junk food stirs the soul

Lifestyle & Belief

French stores in the US usually carry gourmet items. But there’s a new French store in Lexington, Massachusetts that sells what one French expat yearns for from home — French junk food.French stores in the US usually carry gourmet items. But there’s a new French store in Lexington, Massachusetts that sells what one French expat yearns for from home — French junk food.

A Swiss cheesemaker inspects a large wheel of cave-aged Gruyere cheese. Such cheeses can be windows into the culture and geography of the places where they're made.

Is a piece of cheese the ultimate history book?

Lifestyle & Belief

For some people, artisanal cheese is just a beloved snack. For Matt Rubiner, it’s a guide into centuries of history and geography.

A Swiss cheesemaker inspects a large wheel of cave-aged Gruyere cheese. Such cheeses can be windows into the culture and geography of the places where they're made.

Is a piece of cheese the ultimate history book?

Lifestyle & Belief

For some people, artisanal cheese is just a beloved snack. For Matt Rubiner, it’s a guide into centuries of history and geography.

The World

‘When in doubt, fry’: tasting the best sate foods from the upper midwest

Arts, Culture & Media

Do you have a favorite treat from Michigan or dish from Minnesota? For this week’s food segment, we continue our state-by-state journey to find our favorite regional foods from around the country with our friend Ed Levine of SeriousEats.com.

A Nobel Peace Prize for legalizing marijuana — why not?

Global Scan

Uruguay made waves when it legalized the possession, consumption and manufacturing of marijuana. Now, the president has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. A 12-year-old discovers a new species of giant jellyfish. And just what would it take for New York City to host a winter Olympics? All that and more, in today’s Global Scan.

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