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Event Mon Jul 21 2008

A Cheesy Week Ahead

The American Cheese Society is rolling into town this week for their 25th Anniversary conference at the Chicago Hilton. What makes this special for you, the general public/cheeselover? Let me count the ways:

- Festival of Cheese, Saturday (7/26) at the Hilton. For the $85 ticket price, you'll peruse and gobble over 1,000 artisan and specialty cheeses from producers throughout North America; all the stuff you'll eat has been entered in the Society's Annual Competition, also held this week, so you know it's not going to be Velveeta on a frilly toothpick. Drinks and other foodstuffs (my guess is it's crackers, bread and red grapes) also provided.

- Cheese Sale @ the Dining Room at Kendall College (900 North Branch) on Sunday (7/27). Entries from the Society's Annual Competition will be available for purchase from 10am-1pm. Proceeds from the cheese sale benefits the ACS Cheesemaker Scholarship Fund (let's help a kid with a dream, people).

 
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Jen / July 21, 2008 3:21 PM

Regarding the Cheese Sale:

Do you know if non conference attendees can go to the sale at Kendall College? That link didn't say...

Robyn / July 21, 2008 3:34 PM

The cheese sale is FREE and open to the public.

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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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