Eat Local Cheese

Online and Off

David "The Hat" Hammond takes a break from cicadas this week and profiles Illinois's lone farmstead cheese maker, Prairie Fruit Farms. For those interested in the place, keep an eye on Marion Street Cheese in Oak Park. They organized a trip to Prairie Fruit earlier this year, which I was really sorry I missed, and they plan on organizing additional trips. The Prairie Fruit Farms goat cheeses, including the nearly noxious (but in a good way!) Huckleberry Blue can be found at the store or at the Marion Street Cheese booth at the Oak Park Farmer's Market.

Only to be found right now on paper, Joanne Trestrail in Chicago Magazine does an excellent report on Wisconsin cheesemakers in the Madison, WI area.