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Article: Artisan cheese makers excited about popularity Tasters delight in quality of local goat, cow, sheep products
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- October 13, 2003
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UNITY - As the smell of freshly baked bread and hot apple cider
filled the air Sunday, hundreds of connoisseurs tasted some of
Maine's best gourmet cheeses and spreads, during the Maine Organic
Farmers and Gardeners Association's second annual Maine Food
Festival.
A dozen of Maine's best cheese makers showed off their skills
inside MOFGA's education center, highlighting the dairy-product theme
of this year's festival.
Besides tasting, festivalgoers could also learn the art of cheese
making, how to milk a goat, and how to cook with cheese.
Most of the artisans, vendors and farms at the festival showcased
goat and sheep cheeses. From simple cheese spreads to exotic caprino
di vino aged in ...