Artisanal Cheese Comes to the Northshore's Open Book
Artisanal Cheeses Offer Old World Flavors
from Wisconsin’s Uplands Cheese Company
April 1 at Open Book Bookstore
Whitefish Bay native, Andy Hatch, an award winning cheesemaker from Dodgeville, Wisconsin, returns to his native Northshore for a presentation at the Open Book bookstore with his unique, artisanal cheeses.
The Uplands Cheese Company, a hallmark of quality and nutrition, offers its nationally and internationally acclaimed “Pleasant Ridge Reserve” – a farmstead, hand-crafted cheese created in the traditional old world style of the Alpine region of southeastern France. “Our cheese has been named the best cheese in the country twice by the American Cheese Society in 2001 and 2005 and once by the US Cheese Championships in 2003. It's the only cheese to win the American Cheese Society title twice, and the only cheese to win the top award at each of these two competitions,” says Hatch.
It begins with the cows and organic pastures woven with clover, herbs and wildflowers and is produced only during the summer months while the cows are grazing. Uplands Cheese says this produces unique flavors, better nutritional value, and a greater variety with distinctive flavor notes. Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese is aged with techniques developed in the Middle Ages, when cheese was aged in limestone caves and washed in a brine solution. The frequent washing keeps the cheese free of unwanted microbes and creates a variety of palate-pleasing tastes, cultivated for a minimum of 120 days. The focus is on flavor.
Learn about the history, the process, and taste the difference from today’s cheese at Open Book, April 1 at 7:00pm.
Open Book Coop
4093 North Oakland Avenue
Shorewood, Wisconsin
www.openbookcoop.com
414-431-3170
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