Carlos Yescas

Editor’s note: It’s been a while since we rounded up some of the most influential cheese accounts on Instagram. This time contributor @CarlosYescas weighs in with his picks. Are we in the golden age of cheese content? It would seem like it. Not only are cheese professionals expanding their audiences beyond their niche cheese industry following, but now mainstream influencers and content producers are looking for followers and easy likes in the cheeseverse.

Editor’s note: The New York International Cheese Competition is judged by cheese trade buyers only and had over 200 submissions from 5 countries in 40 categories in 2021. Get an exclusive look at the inaugural competition and then check out the list of winners. I was standing half listening to a conversation, half watching cheesemongers plate gorgeous displays, when all the sudden a noise behind me turned into big celebration.

Illustration by Sonic Yonix Consider yourself lucky if you’ve seen a sign with that phrase, which translates to  “queso fresco for sale,” anywhere in the US. I used to see it often in my old neighborhood in Brooklyn. Since I moved to Michigan, I started making my own cheese at home. I’ve still never found some of the more unique cheeses from Mexico that I miss: Mountain Cotija, Queso de Bola de Ocosingo, or queso del moral enchilado.