4 culturecheesemag.com S P R I N G 2020
C O N T R I B U T O R S
Linni Kral is a
Brooklyn-based
writer and editor
whose work has
been published
in The Atlantic,
Slate[ital], [ital]The
Village Voice[ital],
Atlas Obscura, Condé
Nast Traveler, and
Compound Butter,
among others. She
served as editor-at-large for the food magazines
GRLSQUASH and Put A Egg On It, teaches writing
at the Sackett Street Writing Workshop, and is
a PEN Prison Writing Mentor and member of
the Brooklyn Writers› Collective.
PHOTO:
Alexandra
Jones
by
Natalie
Thies,
Lotus
Photography;
Caroline
Hesse
by
Nick
Surette
Lilith Spencer is
the lifestyle editor
at Jasper Hill Farm.
Before moving up to
Vermont, they served
as a cheesemonger in
western Massachusetts,
New York City, and
Santa Fe for nearly
a decade, and won
the San Francisco
Cheesemonger
Invitational in 2016. In their spare time, Lilith enjoys
writing cheese parodies à la Weird Al. They have a
miniature black-and-white dachshund named Greta
who looks like a tiny Holstein and loves Willoughby.
Alexandra
Jones is a writer
and recovering
cheesemonger
based in
Philadelphia.
Her work on
food, agriculture,
social justice,
and sustainability
has appeared in
outlets like [ital]
USA Today[ital], Food & Wine, Atlas Obscura, Civil
Eats, The Counter, Audubon, the Philadelphia Inquirer,
and Modern Farmer. She's the author of Stuff Every
Cheese Lover Should Know, a pocket guide to cheese
from Quirk Books.
Long Island, New
York–native Caroline
Hesse is the owner
and operator of
C. Hesse Cheese
LLC, a wholesale
distribution
company based in
Brooklyn, where
she also lives.
Prior to opening
her business in
the fall of 2022, she ran the sales department
for Crown Finish Caves, where she worked for six
years. Throughout her eight years in the cheese
industry, she has gained experience in farmstead
cheesemaking, mongering, and affinage.
