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American Cheese Society Conference

I felt like I was prepping for a new school year when I was packing for my first American Cheese Society conference. Cheese notebook? Check. Favorite pens? Check? Achandinha Capricious aged goat and Roth Private Reserve cheeses to say thank you for a host? Check. I politely explained to my stomach its need to respect my educational quest, packed sneakers to wear to farms and cheesemaking sessions, then boarded the plane ready four days of cheese fever.

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Cheese is a Social Animal: Its Circle of Friends

Sure, cheese will go to movies alone, taking pleasure in having the entire box of Reeses Pieces to itself. It is happy to sit solo at a lunch counter with a slice of bread and revel in the quiet simplicity. But at the end of the day, it likes conversation, an exchange of ideas and flavors, and maybe a drink or two. It craves company.

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Cheese Education: Cheese Books that Rock

Only recently have people started to ask me about my favorite cheese books. This could be bemuse there have been a smattering of volumes released within a year or two that have caught the public eye, or it could be because the cheese bounty in the United States is growing and people can't help but rejoice and notice. Either way, this is good.

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