TRAVEL: California’s Artisan Cheese Festival
 Award-winning Mount McKinley chevre from California’s Cypress Grove cheesemaker. |
Still have money for gourmet travel? Need a spectacular gift for that cheese-loving someone special? Head to four days of turophile revelry at California’s Artisan Cheese Festival, held in Petaluma (Sonoma County) from March 20-23, 2009. The third annual festival, held at the Sheraton Sonoma County–Petaluma Hotel, is a wonderful opportunity to: -Educate people who want to learn more about artisan cheese -Support the artisan cheesemaking community and its sustainability -Celebrate and enjoy the creations of the artisan cheesemakers -Eat a heck of a lot of great cheese that is hard to come by Over the four day festival weekend, you’ll explore handcrafted cheeses, foods, wines and beers from California and beyond. At the second annual festival in March 2008, more than 1,700 attendees met more than a dozen international award-winning cheesemakers and learned how to taste, buy, serve and enjoy distinctive artisan cheeses from the experts. |
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| The educational seminars and tastings were led by cheese experts, cheesemakers, chefs and fromagiers from across the country, and virtually every session involved tastings and/or pairings of artisan cheeses.Planning for the 2009 festival is underway, and the schedule of events will be posted and tickets will go on sale shortly. Sign up for updates at the website, ArtisanCheeseFestival.com. Visit THE NIBBLE’s Cheese Section for reviews of our favorite artisan cheeses. Discover the meaning of “turophile” in our Cheese Glossary. Learn the History Of Cheese. Take our Cheese Trivia Quiz. |
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