Perrystead Dairy

03/31/2026

WE JUST TURNED 5!
I remember building this place piece by piece. A floor drain tunnel, a kitchenette that sent me to urgent care, a shipping container production room that barely made it through the doorway. Turning a deserted lot into a garden. Milk showed up. Then there was cheese. Our first market had a line we didn’t expect.
Five years in, and it still feels surreal. The garden is blooming. The cheese is in great shops and restaurants coast to coast. The 24/7 dispensary never stops. Box subscribers nationwide...
What hasn’t changed? We still don’t take ourselves too seriously, and the cheese principle remains: Reward great farmers, play with exceptional milk, use imagination, never give up on standards. This is the recipe for cheese dreams.
So thank you for sharing our cheese dreams, for coming back and putting our cheese on your tables, in your shops, on your menus and on your gifting lists. We thank the farmers, the cows, the land, and everyone who helped us in this mission. You know who you are. We’re just getting started!
Yoav and team Perrystead

03/28/2026

Thank you and for writing about the emergence of urban cheesemaking, and double thanks for including us alongside our friends and , as well as and .

There aren’t many urban cheesemakers yet, but more are coming. Paris, Beijing, Tel Aviv, London, São Paulo, even Waco.
The city, once seen as a limitation, is full of opportunity. Urban cheesemaking pushes modern solutions to age-old problems. Cheese has always been the result of environment and human circumstances. If urban cheesemaking is a solution for our time and our community, wouldn’t that be, in a sense, the very tradition of cheesemaking?
🔊 sound of our terroir.

03/28/2026

This is so great. And we are going n good company too!

A view into the unique world of urban artisan cheesemaking with six creameries that are making great cheese.

03/14/2026

We pulled out all of our favorites, experimental cheeses and prototypes for a new cheese today for a very special guest at the creamery and had a party!
Left to right on the board: The Real Philly Schmear, Intergalactic, Madcap, Moonrise, a pre-season practice run of Atlantis (coming May 1!), Treehug, a new Tsfatit style breakfast cheese prototype, and a limited milled curd washed rind large wheel.
Mongered by of course!
Happy weekend ya’ll!

03/06/2026

World Cheese Championship Contest
BRONZE! 🥉
Delighted to share that The Real Philly Schmear has received Bronze medal at the World Cheese Championship Contest in Wisconsin! Thank you so much to the and the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association for putting this show together! Kudos to and for beating us in the category this year and to the makers of over 3,700
Participating cheeses and dairy items!
The Real Philly Schmear is a spreadable cheese that’s actually made in Philly with its cultured milk, natural enzyme and salt. No cream or additives! Tangy, spreadable, and great on a bagel, cheese board, cooking or baking. This is its 6th major international award, and it’s now at select retailers and hospitality venues coast to coast! Thank y’all for eating it and telling us to make more for the past 4 years!

02/23/2026

We are beyond thrilled that Food & Wine included our Intergalactic in their list of 25 Essential American Cheeses!

The cover story, “Why the World’s Best Cheese is Now Made in America” demonstrates what we have been saying for a while now. It’s such and honor to be recognized alongside so many fellow cheesemakers who pour heart, soul, imagination, and ambition to bring American original cheeses to tables across this country and onto the global stage, against the odds.
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Fellow Americans, if you haven’t been paying attention, the cheeses knocking the socks off Europe’s most prestigious competitions have been made in your backyard. They belong on your table.
Special thanks to and for this.

02/12/2026

Thank you everyone for the great response! Giving you a quick look inside here though most of you have already received yours. We wish you as much fun with these love boxes we had putting them together!

02/04/2026

Valentine’s Day? is famously not subtle!
Don’t be cheesy. We already handled that.

This time around, indulge with the one you love without the clichés. Take your time, enjoy together, discover what draws you in. Heck, you may even have enough left for the next day!

This curation effortlessly pairs cold-season cheeses with the intimate warmth of the occasion. A very special one-off reserve, Treehug fondue-for-two, more award-winning cheese, Zymi pink-purple breadstick crisps from Greece, sour cherry mini preserves, and for desert… a special quartet of burn caramel heart bonbons from

Share and care! 💝

01/29/2026

We are so excited to share that we are finalist for the Good Food Awards… X4!
- The Real Philly Schmear
- Intergalactic
- Moonrise
- Madcap

It is such an honor, and we are so thrilled for all fellow makers!
The Good Food Awards, (“The Oscars of the food movement,” as some call it) is an annual competition, organized by the to honor American food and drink makers for high-quality, delicious products that are also ethically and sustainably produced.

01/12/2026

Day two - Winter Fancy Faire -come and say hello in booth #2113!

01/11/2026

Here we go! Day one, ’s , San Diego, we are ready to meet, greet, and cheese you up at the ’ giant booth 2311 right in the middle of it!
Buyers, shop owners, trade -come and taste our products together with the top makers in the world in this spectacular booth.