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Israel is lifting restrictions on cheese entering Gaza, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says, announcing an end to one of the more bizarre blockades on the Palestinian enclave.
U.S. President Barack Obama had protested the embargo on cheese and other foodstuffs, including pasta, certain types of noodles and fruit preserves, to 1.5 million conflict-hit Palestinians.

The wife of Bernard Madoff, the New York financier who swindled more than $650 billion out of unsuspecting investors, braved the wrath of the public this week by breaking cover to buy cheese.
As Madoff sat in jail awaiting a possible 150-year sentence after pleading guilty to fraud, Ruth Madoff decided to visit a local grocery [...]

A Parmesan from Wisconsin has beaten off more than 1,300 rivals to take the title of America’s Best at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.
SarVecchio Parmesan, described as having a mellow caramel flavour with a crunchy crystal texture, was crowned the winner at the biennial cheese-off in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Wensleydale, the crumbly British cheese that fuelled the capers of animated characters Wallace and Gromit, has been singled out as the star performer of the country’s food and drink exports, defying the recession to bring home bumper profits.
The Wensleydale dairy, in the North Yorkshire town of Hawes, now sends nearly £2 million worth [...]

China is deploying trained sniffer beagles at major airports to track down chunks of cheese packed in luggage, according to anecdotal reports from passengers.
The Website of respected U.S. magazine Atlantic has detailed several accounts of what it says could be an “anti-cheese crackdown” at Chinese ports of entry.

America’s imposition of a massive cheese tax on French Roquefort has been delayed to allow time to seek a solution to an escalating trade war.
The hike of import duties on the pungent cheese was to be imposed in March in retaliation for an E.U. ban on American beef containing hormones, but officials say this will [...]

British TV presenter Holly Willoughby says she “can’t stop” eating cheese because she’s pregnant.
Willoughby, who fronts shows such as “Dancing on Ice” and “The Xtra Factor”, told The Sun newspaper her craving is “getting worse” as she nears her May due date.

Cheese thieves with a taste for high-class produce have prompted a British superstore to take the unusual step of placing wedges of parmesan in tamper proof security boxes.
Up to 70 percent of expensive cheeses were vanishing from the shelves of Sainsbury’s superstore in Bedford before the lockdown, the Bedfordshire on Sunday newspaper reported.
Among cheeses [...]

Cheese and onion has taken the top spot as Britain’s favourite flavour of potato chip, according to statistics released this week.
Sales of the flavour rose 15 percent in the last two years to replace ordinary salted chips — or “crisps” as they are known in the UK — which have been the longstanding frontrunner.

It’s one of the mysteries that have perplexed cheese experts for decades; now a team from a German university say they have discovered why mature Gouda is so tasty.
The University of Munster scientists say they have identified the key elements responsible for the deep, lingering flavour of the classic Dutch cheese.