News From The Cheese Caves

We have cheese-makers, cheese tastings, cheese classes and now—cheese carvers? Just when you thought curd nerds couldn’t get anymore obsessed, you haven’t seen anything until you’ve witnessed Sarah Kaufmann, one of the nations few professional cheese carvers at work.

I had the pleasure and fascination of watching Sarah and her crew at work at last year’s American Cheese Society Conference in Chicago. Her cheese creation was the crowning glory of the Festival of Cheese, where over 1100 types of cheeses were beautifully displayed and eaten by the conference attendees. Thirty famous Chicago area buildings carved from hunks of cheddar, blue, Parmesan and goat cheese were started and completed in one day.

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