Tag Archives: Clare Burson

With help from the LES Tenement Museum, Burson set aside the 117-year-old cheese in a bell jar rather than tin-foil, though she told the New Yorker she was "conflicted" about its shiny new home.

The New Yorker Stole Our Cheese!

1 comment | September 17, 2010 | By Rachel Wharton

We’ve been meaning to give a shout out to the New Yorker’s piece on Clare Burson’s 117-year-old cheese all week. Not only did we scoop the fine mag — go us! — covering Clare’s caseus story in our last issue,…

The Cheese Stands Alone

Comment | September 1, 2010 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Michael Harlan Turkell

A wedge of 117-year-old cheese inspires both an album and a historic meal at the Henry Street Settlement House.

Tag Archives: Clare Burson

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