A blog dedicated to cheesemaking, cheese tasting and appreciation and all things cheese and dairy related. The author is currently a cheesemaker at Churchtown Dairy in Hudson, NY and was previously a cheesemaker at Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, VT. (All Photos by Matt Spiegler unless otherwise credited) 
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Episode 575: The Fondue Conspiracy
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Planet Money
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NPR
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NPR’s Planet Money has an interesting episode, exploring the story of how Fondue became so popular in the post-WWII era; it’s stranger than you think, with mysterious cartels, price fixing and backroom negotiations. They even talk to Dominik Flammer, co-author of the encyclopedic (and gorgeously photographed) guide to the cheeses of Switzerland, Swiss Cheese: Origins, Traditional Cheese Varieties and New Creations. Via planetmoney:
Episode 575: The Fondue Conspiracy
The popularity of fondue wasn’t an accident. It was planned by a cartel of Swiss cheese makers, which ruled the Swiss economy for 80 years.
On today’s show: Swiss cheese. A story about what happens when well-meaning folks decide that the rules of economics don’t apply to them. And got the world to eat gobs of melted fat.
Check out the episode at NPR or listen here.
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