Road Trip: Feeling Vermonty
As a sort of consolation prize for having to skip the recent American Cheese Society conference in Seattle, I loaded the kids into the car last week and drove from Chicago to Vermont and back. It was a variation on a trip I’ve been concocting for some time—part research, part reunion, part family vacation. We visited [...]
Meet the Spanish Blues
As a starting point, let’s talk a bit about Spanish cheese. While not as well known as its French and Swiss counterparts, Spanish cheese tradition is very rich. There are more than a dozen cheeses from Spain with a protected designation of origin. In many regions of Spain the climate and terrain are suited more to [...]
Season of Beer Festivities
In the Midwest, summer is a great season for beer festivals, and who doesn’t love a great beer festival? A few days ago I was in Wisconsin for a beer festival that has one of the best settings of any in the world. The Great Taste of the Midwest is held each August at Olin-Turville [...]
