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Article: Say cheese: two New York City women make culinary waves with their artisanal ricotta.(BUSINESS)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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- November 18, 2008
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"IF CHEESE WERE A ROCK STAR," proclaims the website of ricotta cheese purveyor Salvatore Bklyn, "it'd be Salvatore Bklyn." Ricotta, the fluffy, unassuming building block for lasagna or cheesecake, hasn't achieved pop-icon status yet. But thanks to Betsy Devine and Rachel Mark, the couple who make the cheese under the Salvatore Bklyn moniker, it may well be on its way. In the two years since they began this artisanal adventure out of their Brooklyn kitchen, their impossibly luscious ricotta has won a major following among chefs, curd nerds, and gourmet shoppers alike.
Mark, 27, and Devine, 31, never planned to go into the ricotta ...