Culture Magazine

culturecheesemag.com 7 CONTRIBUTORS Cheese for the Culture columnist (p. 27) Agela Abdullah is the new president of the nonprofit Cheese Culture Coalition and is dedicated to helping create a more inclusive and equitable industry for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. She worked on a farm in the Mad River Valley years ago, and was excited to revisit the area and the beautifully curated Mad River Taste Place for this issue's Cheese Plate (p. 32). She lives in Chicago with two cats, one sourdough starter, and fond memories of her years spent living in Vermont. Deborah Gray has had a long career as a cookery editor and writer with over a dozen titles to her name. Her passion for travel has resulted in an interest in international cuisine—and the world's great cheeses. She resides in rural Wiltshire, UK, where she has access to quality farm produce, homegrown vegetables, and foraged food. She was a judge at the 2022 World Cheese Awards, judges for the Guild of Fine Food's Great Taste Awards, and is an Associate of the Academy of Cheese. (Wheys Less Traveled, p. 12) Linni Kral is a Brooklyn-based writer, editor, and former cheesemonger. She's been published in The Atlantic, Slate, The Village Voice, Atlas Obscura, Condé Nast Traveler, and Compound Butter, and was editor- at-large for GRLSQUASH and Put A Egg On It. She currently teaches with Sackett Street Writers, has work forthcoming with BBC Travel, and published Humble Pie: A Rhubarb Zine in May 2023. (Drinks with Cheese, p. 10; Voicings, p. 29; A Gruyère By Any Other Name, p. 42) Trevor Warmedahl is a writer and educator from Washington State who spent 10 years making cheese for various companies in the US. In the last four years he has been traveling to work with cheesemakers and document the dairying and milk fermentation traditions in various countries (A Wide World of Rennet, p. 48). He recently launched a mobile educational project called the Sour Milk School, which holds five-day natural cheesemaking workshops. cultured & churned BEURRE D'ISIGNY PDO L I K E N O O T H E R I N MADE NORMANDY F R A N C E

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