Perry's Cheese Blog — british cheese

A Year of Nettles, Picked in Five Weeks

• Perry Wakeman • british cheese • cheesemakers • cornish kern • cornish yarg • cornwall • interview • lynher dairies • nettles

A Year of Nettles, Picked in Five Weeks

A year's worth of nettles gets picked in five weeks. We spoke to Otto Mead at Lynher Dairies about hedgerows, September milk, and why following the recipe still doesn't guarantee you Yarg.

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If You Were in a Supermarket, What Cheese Would You Buy?

• Perry Wakeman • british cheese • cheesemakers • high street • independent • shop small • supermarkets

If You Were in a Supermarket, What Cheese Would You Buy?

Perry Wakeman on why convenience - not rates or rent - is what's really killing the high street, and why shopping independent matters more than ever.

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National Cheese Day - A Q&A with Perry Wakeman

• Perry Wakeman • affinage • british cheese • interview • national cheese day • perry wakeman

National Cheese Day - A Q&A with Perry Wakeman

To mark National Cheese Day, we sat down with Perry Wakeman - three-time UK Affineur of the Year - for a conversation about maturation, the people behind British artisan cheese, and what keeps him committed to the craft.

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