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An ancient cream cheese has been brought back from extinction 20 years after it was last manufactured commercially.

Colwick, a cows’ milk cheese described as soft and curdy, has been revived by a farm in the UK after a food historian discovered an old book containing the recipe, the BBC reports.

The cheese originally dates back to the 17th century but fell out of favour in recent times due to its relatively short shelf life. It was last sold in 1993.

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Another day, another appearance by the son of God in fromage form — this time on a pizza in Australia.

Jesus Christ‘s latest likeness was witnessed by staff at the Posh Pizza takeaway in Brisbane as they pulled the three-cheese special from their oven

“I can definitely say this isn’t a fake,” the shop’s Maree Phelan told the Herald Sun newspaper. “The three-cheese pizza always comes out with very different colours.”

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A six-times champion of England’s annual cheese-rolling contest has vowed to chase the cheese despite a ban on the event because of safety concerns.

Chris Anderson says he is willing to risk potential injury to complete an unauthorised cheese roll in May if a campaign to reinstate the 200-year-old Gloucestershire tradition fails.

“Cheese rolling has always taken part since I was young and I just want it to keep going,” Anderson told thisisgloucestershire.co.uk. Read more »

Even the most pungent cheeses couldn’t throw police in the American state of Nebraska off the scent of $1.2 million in drug money.

A police sniffer dog team unearthed the stack of cash after stopping a truck in Douglas County for a minor traffic violation.

Chief Deputy Marty Bilek said officers checked the trailer after thinking something didn’t smell quite right about two people inside the vehicle. Read more »

A Mac (and cheese) fan in American has paid homage in fromage to Apple founder Steve Jobs, carving a surprisingly lifelike representation of the gadget guru out of soft Italian cheese.

Ken Aversano, a poster at the Cooks’ Den food blog and self-confessed “foodie with time on his hands”, used two large blocks of mozarella to create Jobs’ craggy features, adding ground black pepper for his trademark close cropped hair and designer stubble.

“I figured that cheese was a great medium for food carving, and would go well with many a tasty meal,” Ken writes. Read more »

Momentum is gathering behind a campaign to get Britain’s annual cheese-rolling contest back on the calendar after the event was cancelled due to safety concerns.

Organisers announced last week that the cheese-rolling contest, held every May in Gloucestershire was being scrapped because it was becoming too popular to ensure safety. Read more »

Cheesus Christ! It was only a matter of time before Jesus manifested himself in fromage form, so it barely comes as a surprise to see a heavenly face peering down from a grilled cheese sandwich. Linda Lowe, from South Carolina, says the image of the man hailed by many as the son of God appeared [...]

They say breast is best — but most fromage fans would probably draw the line at a cheese made from human milk. Not, however, Mexican artist Raul Ortega Ayala, who served cheese made from milk donated by a woman at the launch of an exhibition at a gallery in London.

The Dominos Pizza chain says two people are facing criminal charges afer kitchen workers filmed unsavoury acts involving cheese and posted it on the Internet. Kristy Lynn Hammonds and Michael Anthony Setzer have been charged with distributing prohibited foods after footage of what appears to be Setzer shoving cheese up his nostril appeared on YouTube.

Health officials in the United States are hunting for an illegal cheese manufacturer whose backstreet dairy sales are believed to be the source of a string of illnesses. Unscrupulous cheese vendors have been offloading their tainted produce in parking lots outside stores and churches in the Winnebago area of Illinois, west of Chicago, local authorities [...]