In partnership with Peter’s Yard petersyard.com - Jenny Linford, cheese expert, looks at cheese competitions. This week, food writer Jenny Linford, author of 'The Missing Ingredient', explores the role of time in cheesemaking – it’s an invisible but important ingredient in cheese. We speak to cheesemonger Andy Swinscoe of The Courtyard Dairy, cheesemaker Giles Barber of Barbers, raw milk cheese advocate, Carlos Yescas, cheesemaker Tim Jones of Lincolnshire Poacher and discuss affinage – the maturing of cheese – with Josh Windsor of Murrays Cheese, in New York City, and Rhuaridh Buchanan of Buchanan’s Cheesemongers, London. In partnership with Peter’s Yard. Savour the crunch of Peter’s Yard sourdough crackers. Available at Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Amazon, petersyard.com and specialist food retailers. Visit petersyard.com/shop and enter the code SLICEOFCHEESE at checkout to receive 25% off your first order.

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