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Quick editor’s note: our team came back from Italy full of inspiration. This is the first in a series about our experiences and insights on our Italian adventures, findings, cheese and more. Take it away, Andrew! My journey to the Italian countryside, somewhere between Reggio Emilia and Parma, began 4 years ago. Before any of the …
Continue reading “All Hail the King of Cheese: Murray’s Select Parmigiano Reggiano”
It is not always easy to explain to everyone why you are so passionate about cheese. In fact, sometimes you are hit with a blazing moment of clarity that most people go whole days, weeks even months without really considering this culinary miracle. Friends politely nod their head while you work into a lather over …
Continue reading “Dispatches from Cheese Camp, Part Six: Cheese Superfan Number One”
My first experience attending ACS began with one of the most stressful events of my cheese career: The Certified Cheese Professional exam. The CCP exam is the official ACS certification for cheese professionals, AKA cheese lifers, to validate their knowledge and status on an industry scale. Have you worked a certain amount of time in …
The theme of this year’s American Cheese Society conference, held annually in the hottest part of midsummer in a slew of rotating small cities across America, was Cheese Camp. A wink and a nod to the affectionate nickname used by many to describe this weeklong coming together of friends industry-wide, mixed with a hefty dose …
Continue reading “Dispatches from Cheese Camp, Part Two: Cheese Camp is the Best Camp”
It’s that time of year again! Break out the bubbles, chocolate hearts, and turn up the romance. Yes, it’s time to get the champagne glasses out and let the love flow. Even if someone feels like they haven’t found what they’re looking for from this guide, it could be as simple as doing a quick …