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It's Okay to Be Smart
The Delicious Science of Cheese
Season 2
Episode 37
I am an absolute freak for cheese. Next to bread, it might be our oldest biotechnology! Here's some of the science about how it's made and where it comes from. Special thanks to Kara Chadbourne from Antonelli's Cheese in Austin, TX!!! She's a cheese genius
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