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Article: Appetizing guide is all over the map on Italian cheese
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- March 7, 2001
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Appetizing guide is all over the map on Italian cheese
By RUSS PARSONS
Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, March 7, 2001
People keep saying that cheese is going to be the next wine.
Bolstering that argument is the sea of varieties that confront the
curious. Just when you've sorted out the various crus of Beaujolais,
know the difference between DOC and VDT or master the geography of
California's Sonoma coast, up pops another level of refinement --
which end of the Dry Creek Valley? What clone of Pinot Noir? And you
start all over again. So it is with cheese.
The best cheeses, like the best wines, come from specific places
and reflect specific civilizations and cuisines. As a result, in some ...