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Artisan Cheese Festival, founded to spread awareness about the region's cheese and dairy bounty. This year's festival, held at the Nashville Farmers' Market, featured more than 20 cheesemakers representing six Southern states and about two dozen purvey- ors of cheese accompaniments.
NEW OPENINGS
Vegan bakery Dirty Carrots opened in the Fells Point neighbor- hood of Baltimore, offering coffee and baked goods,
including salted
caramel cupcakes and whoopie pies. The bakery is the third vegan bakery in the city. … Dizzy's Donuts opened in Boulder, Colo., offering creative flavors such as Key lime pie, creme brulee, jalapeño ched- dar with a green Tabasco glaze and even ham. … Dandelion Chocolates
has opened
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Made with authentic Emmentaler AOC and Gruyere AOC
3,200-square-foot kitchen and café in San Francisco, making it the only bean-to-bar company in the Bay Area. The business imports raw, fermented cacao beans to produce handcrafted chocolate bars. … New olive oil shop Olive Branch & Grape Vine, Westwood, N.J., offers 25 varieties of premium extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar and other olive oil–based products. … Shop-a-Latte in Omaha, Neb., is the Midwestern city's first coffee bar–cum–clothing store. Shop-a-Latte serves Illy coffee, a popular Italian roast, while allow- ing shoppers to browse and buy various clothing items.
Cheesemaking has long been a tradition in Switzerland and cheese production is an integral part of Swiss culture. Mifroma USA imports only the fi nest cheeses from Switzerland. Aged in a rock cave, carved by nature over centuries in the village of Ursy at the foot of the Swiss Alps,
Mifroma quality cheeses are appreciated across Switzerland, Europe and North America. Our original Fondue recipe is made with authentic Emmentaler AOC and Gruyere AOC. Discover our complete range of authentic cheeses from Switzer- land at mifroma.com
MIFROMA USA – East Coast Corporate Offi ce: 9240 Bonita Beach Road · Suite 1118 · Bonita Springs, Fl 34135 · Tel. 239 498 0626 West Coast Regional Offi ce: PO Box 1008 · Tualatin, OR 97062 · Tel. 503 692 6540
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Robyn Pforr Ryan is a regular contributor to Specialty Food Magazine and Specialty Food News.
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