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Wine & Dine sheep’s-milk cheese produced just north of San Francisco. “This is not a traditional job in the nine-to-five sense. Cheese doesn’t wait for you,” quips Keith Adams of Alemar Cheese. A former stockbroker, Adams chose the quaint college town of Mankato, Minnesota, to make his softripened Bent River Camembert. “This is a small operation, which is just fine with me. I’m involved in every phase — from the moment the milk arrives at the creamery to passing out samples on the weekend,” he says. But all of this nurturing and TLC comes at a premium. Even if you embrace the value proposition and understand why these carefully curated cheeses cost more, the growing selection (combined with whimsical, but not necessarily informative, names like Barely Buzzed and Constant Bliss) creates a shopping experience that can be overwhelming if not downright intimidating. “Culturally speaking, we Americans want to know what something tastes like before we taste it, and cheese in particular falls into this category,” Werlin says. In her informative book, Laura Werlin’s Cheese Essentials, she lays out a straightforward cheat sheet for everyday Winnimere by Jasper hill Farm we AmericAns wAnt to know whAt something tAstes like before we tAste it, And cheese in pArticulAr fAlls into this cAtegory. —laura werlin consumers, the foundation of which is built around eight basic styles, running from mild to very strong: Fresh (chèvre, mozzarella), Semi-Soft (Havarti, Colby), Soft-Ripened (Brie, Camembert), Ten To Try there are hundreds of American artisan cheeses to choose from. this award-winning selection represents the tip of the iceberg. Thomasville Tomme milk: Cow; style: Semi-Soft sweet grass dairy, thomasville, gA sweetgrassdairy.com Winnimere milk: Cow; style: Washed-Rind Jasper hill farm, greensboro, Vt cellarsatjasperhill.com Allegheny Chèvre milk: Goat; style: Fresh firefly farms, Accident, md fireflyfarms.com The Belle & the Bees Breakfast cheese 26 march 2013 usairwaysmag.com Surface-Ripened (Le Chevrot, La Tur), Semi-Hard (cheddar, Gouda), Hard (Parmigiano-Reggiano, pecorino), Blue (Stilton, Gorgonzola), and WashedRind (Munster, Époisses). The Belle & the Bees Breakfast Cheese milk: Goat; style: Fresh fromagerie belle chèvre, elkmont, Al bellechevre.com Bent River Camembert milk: Cow; style: Soft-Ripened Alemar cheese company, mankato, mn alemarcheese.com Pleasant Ridge Reserve milk: Cow; style: Semi-Soft uplands cheese company, dodgeville, wi uplandscheese.com Baserri milk: Sheep; style: Semi-Hard barinaga ranch, marshall, cA barinagaranch.com Serena milk: Cow; style: Hard three sisters farmstead cheese, lindsay, cA threesisterscheese.com Sheep’s Milk Ricotta milk: Sheep; style: Fresh fruition farms, larkspur, co fruitionfarmsdairy.com Carolina Moon milk: Cow; style: Soft-Ripened chapel hill creamery, chapel hill, nc chapelhillcreamery.com http://www.bellechevre.com http://www.sweetgrassdairy.com http://www.alemarcheese.com http://www.cellarsatjasperhill.com http://www.uplandscheese.com http://www.fireflyfarms.com http://www.barinagaranch.com http://www.threesisterscheese.com http://www.fruitionfarmsdairy.com http://www.chapelhillcreamery.com http://www.usairwaysmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of US Airways - March 2013

US Airways - March 2013
Table of Contents
CEO Letter
From the Editor
Did You Know?
Making It Happen
Hot Spots: Best Musical Pilgrimages
Hub Crawl: Denver Airport
Wine & Dine: Chef's Tables
Wine & Dine: Artisan Cheeses
Great Escapes: Cypress Inn
Adventure: Washington, DC by Bike
Great Escapes: The Gathering in Ireland
Adventure: Puerto Rico Golf
Charlotte EDC
Great Escapes: Barcelo Hotels and Resorts
Gear Up: The Smart Kitchen
Travel Feature: The Rome Less Traveled
US Airways Feature: Order Up!
Great Tastes: Phoenix Dining
From Philly, With Love
Route of Discovery: San Luis Obispo, California
Atlantic 10 Conference
Great Dates
Puzzles
Readers Resource Index
Your US Airways Guide
Video Entertainment
Audio Entertainment
U.S. and Caribbean Service Map
International Service Map
Airport Terminal Maps
US Airways Fleet/Customs & Immigration
Passenger Info/Contact US Airways
US Airways MarketPlace®
Window or Aisle?

US Airways - March 2013