The ninth annual California’s Artisan Cheese Festival kicks off two weeks from now, March 20 – 22, 2015. It will be days of eating, learning, eating, sipping, and chatting up our wonderful cheesemakers. In honor of the event, I'm giving away two tickets to the festival's big Friday night party- The Cheesemonger Duel. Tickets are originally $50 each.
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Even with cheese rock and rollers like Blackberry Farm, Looking Glass Creamery, and Sweet Grass Dairy, southern cheese still has to work its butt off to be taken seriously. I mean, tons in the south know of the region's dairy magic, and people in cheese nationwide talk about its beauty, but some folks- perhaps the same folks who think there's nothing more to California than the ocean, granola, and birkenstocks- need a little convincing. Introducing the Southern Artisan Cheese Festival.
Read MoreAre you ready sharpen your pencils to a dangerous point, fill your binder with white paper, and put on your new super hero backpack? Not in the mood? Yah, don't worry about it, places like The Cheese School of San Francisco pimp their own writing supplies. The Wonder Woman backpack is up to you (find two and I'll give you my mailing address).
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