This cheese is "to die for"

"The spicy, tasty, doughy flavor comes from the work the fly does." 1/3/19 This Rare Cheese Is Infested With Live Maggots "Casu marzu" literally means "rotten cheese," but in Sardinia, it's a glory to behold. What starts off as a regular wheel of pecorino is then visited by cheese flies that lay their eggs inside, giving the formaggio its signature zing. But, with a nickname like "the world's most dangerous cheese," you can be sure that along with the cheese comes some risky business. We'll let farmer Simone Ibba explain just why casu marzu is "to die for." Buon appetito! At This College, Fans Cheer for the Marching Band It takes blood, sweat, tears and a whole lot of long hours to be one of the best marching bands in the country. Just ask Abraham Duffy, Jr., head drum major for the Sonic Boom of the South. He's been with the band his whole college career at Mississippi's Jackson State University, teaching music, providing direction and leading his bandmates in grueling physical training. The Churches of Kizhi Island Two wooden churches and a bell tower have proudly stood on Kizhi Island in Russia for hundreds of years, weathering the test and tumult of time with only a tree-born tenacity. That's a dramatic way of saying that these impressive and ornate structures were built in the traditional Russian carpentry style, using only wooden logs with interlocking corners—no nails or metal supports here whatsoever. View this email in your browser.  Copyright © 2019 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list