Try These New-School Techniques for Making Vegan Cheeses

If anything represents the shift in better-quality vegan food, it’s cheese. With the rise of “new veganism,” plant-based eaters are seeking out higher-quality, better-tasting vegan ingredients that don’t limit their eating options.

And perhaps that’s why so many chefs—vegan, vegetarian or otherwise—are open to experimenting with the new stars of dairy-free diets: nuts. Combining high-fat nuts with old- and new-school cheesemaking techniques has allowed them to make everything from pizza to terrines without...