This week is Cutting the Curd's 100th episode! Congratulations to Anne Saxelby, Sophie Slesinger, and everyone else who has either been a guest or supported Cutting the Curd thus far! For this very special episode, Brian Keyser, Dimitri Saad, and Leigh Friend of Casellula Cheese & Wine Café are in the studio for a seven-course cheese tasting! More specifically, Anne and Sophie are taking a lesson in cheese pairing from everyone at Casellula. Hear about some of the cheese condiments at Casellula, as well as how to do your own cheese pairing with food from your pantry. Learn some general basics in terms of complimentary and contrasting tastes and textures. Sit down with a plate of cheese and some of your favorite snacks to pair, and listen to the 100th episode of Cutting the Curd! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"There are no rules to pairing- that's something I like to make clear. Whatever you like to eat together is what goes well together... But two rules of thumb are that you either want to compliment or contrast." -- Brian Keyser on Cutting the Curd

"I believe that it's easier for us sometimes to go for something that's going to compliment, but the fun part about what we do at Casellula is that we taste everything. So sometimes you're going to get that experience from something that is completely unexpected." -- Leigh Friend on Cutting the Curd

This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks interviews the father-daughter duo: Dan and Margot Brooks of Wayward Goose Farm and Consider Bardwell Farm. Dan used to work on a large-scale family dairy farm, and has moved to working with twenty head of cattle. Margot studied Conservation Biology at St. Lawrence University, and has taken this knowledge to work with goats at Consider Bardwell. Tune in to hear about how Margot and Dan work together to make delicious cheeses using both goat and cow milk. Hear about Dan's work with veal calves, and why 'veal' isn't necessarily a dirty word. Tune in to hear more about Dan and Margot's lives in West Pawlet, Vermont. This program has been brought to you by Edwards.

"I realized I could really make an impact if I took my conservation biology background and took it into farming." -- Margot Brooks on The Farm Report

"To me, veal means that the cows are generally fed milk. Commercial veal are held in confined space and fed mostly milk, but also a lot of milk replacements." -- Dan Brooks on The Farm Report

On this episode of The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is talking with Morgan Weber and Ryan Pera of Revival Market, a free-standing market in Houston that provides fresh, local food to the community at a reasonable price. Tune in to hear about their backgrounds as chefs and farmers, the growing demand for quality domestic charcuterie, recent trends in butchering, and their decision to raise heritage breed Mangalista pigs. Erin also checks in with Stephanie Fisher, an old employee of Heritage Foods USA who is traveling the country interning on small dairy farms. Hear about Stephanie's time at Consider Bardwell Farm in West Pawlet, Vermont, and some of the troubles she and her boyfriend came across in eastern Washington. For those listeners interested in working on farms, tune in to hear some of Stephanie's tips about finding an ideal farming environment. This episode was brought to you by White Oak Pastures.

"The most important thing to us is quality so we feel like if we offer the quality, we're gonna put it at a fair price...Once we have the quality of the ingredients established, we really try to make that stand out." -- Morgan Weber on The Farm Report.

"There was tons of old rusted machinery all over the place, the animals all looked kind of sick, they were wearing these nylon twine collars, and the chickens were running around in their own filth..." -- Stephanie Fisher on farm internships, The Farm Report