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Article: Redefining 'American cheese'; Chicago distributor opens up his warehouse
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 10, 2007
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For much of the 20th century, the term "American cheese" meant
pale orange slices of a processed substance with a plastic texture,
turned out in industrial quantities by companies such as Kraft and
Borden.
Over the last decade or so, though, a rising number of
cheesemaking artisans across the Unites States have turned to old-
fashioned, European methods to create exquisite, handmade cheeses.
These can be hard to find: Production tends to be small, often
seasonal, and only a few shops carry them, typically in limited
selections.
Chicagoans can discover the breadth of the new American cheese