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Worried About Your Cheese Budget? Here Are 5 European-Sounding Cheeses That Are Actually Made in the U.S.

2 days ago | foodandwine.com | Pamela Vachon

Photo: Food & Wine / Getty Images If tariff talk has you nervous about your cheese budget, fear not. Many popular “international” cheeses are actually made right here in the United States. What’s more, “American cheese” has come to mean much more in the last 20 years than individually wrapped singles. Many American cheesemakers offer artisanal selections that are modeled after European classics, minus the potentially hefty import tax.
Hybrid Meat Is All the Rage. Here's What It Is and Why It's Worth Trying

2 days ago | cnet.com | Pamela Vachon

Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Home Kitchen & Household A food scientist explains cultured and hybrid meats are the food of the future. Pamela Vachon Contributor Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens.
Hybrid Meat Is All the Rage. Here's What It Is and Why It's Worth Trying

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Pamela Vachon

If you're at all tapped into food news, terms such as "cultured," "cultivated" or "hybrid" meats have probably already entered your consciousness. But does your consciousness know what to do with these labels? If you're getting big science energy from this terminology, you're not wrong.
If You're Still Wrapping Your Cheese in Plastic, We Need to Talk

2 days ago | cnet.com | Pamela Vachon

Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Home Kitchen & Household From brie to parm, here's how a cheese expert says you should store your leftovers. Pamela Vachon Contributor Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens.
Here's How to Check if Your Steak is Cooked Correctly by Using Your Hands

1 week ago | cnet.com | Pamela Vachon

Whether you're grilling out or cooking in your kitchen, one of the tastiest things to cook up is a good cut of steak. Prepared well, it can be a tender, delicious entrée for meals year-round. But, cooking up steak so it's just how you like it can be easier said than done. Steak's taste and texture both depend on how long you cook the meat for, and it can be tricky to get it right.
Here's How to Check if Your Steak is Cooked Correctly by Using Your Hands

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Pamela Vachon

Whether you're grilling out or cooking in your kitchen, one of the tastiest things to cook up is a good cut of steak. Prepared well, it can be a tender, delicious entrée for meals year-round. But, cooking up steak so it's just how you like it can be easier said than done. Steak's taste and texture both depend on how long you cook the meat for, and it can be tricky to get it right.
Shouldn't All Cookware Be Nontoxic? Here's a Guide to the Various Types

1 week ago | cnet.com | Pamela Vachon

Cookware is a complex kitchen category with a sordid history. What goes in our pots and pans eventually ends up inside us, so it tracks that what those kitchen tools are made of is of concern. With terms like forever chemicals and microplastics being tossed around, you might be trying to parse out the health risks associated with certain cookware types and home in on the less dangerous varieties.
Best Bread Machines of 2025

1 week ago | cnet.com | Pamela Vachon

Home Kitchen & Household It's time to make your own, fresh loaves at home with the help of these top bread machines.
Make Your Next Grilled Cheese in an Air Fryer and Never Look Back

2 weeks ago | cnet.com | Pamela Vachon

A grilled cheese sandwich is a simple thing of beauty that you can probably cobble together with whatever's in your fridge right now. The humblest ingredients often produce the most satisfying outcome: sliced singles engineered to melt, unassuming sandwich bread, and a slathering of any fat can reach culinary highs when given the grilled cheese treatment.
Make Your Next Grilled Cheese in an Air Fryer and Never Look Back

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Pamela Vachon

2 hours agoImport penalties threaten the global network of small businesses responsible for wine’s glorious diversity. They will harm American producers, too. For years, I’ve had no trouble finding distinctive, expressive wines that cost under $20 a bottle. (I share these selections in a seasonal 20 Under $20 …