{"id":31080,"date":"2017-07-21T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=31080"},"modified":"2019-06-06T12:31:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:31:23","slug":"cheese-plate-say-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-plate-say-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese Plate: You Say Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When we taste tomatoes, we taste summer,\u201d say Marnie and Lydia Clarke. Growing up in California, the siblings plucked the ambrosial orbs from backyard vines. Gardening has always been important to their family\u2019s fabric, as have milk and cheese\u2014the Clarkes spent their formative years visiting Alta-Dena Dairy in Southern California, owned by their grandfather, Harold Stueve, and his brothers from 1945 to 1989. So when the women opened their first shop together in 2010\u2014Cheese Cave<\/a> in Claremont, Calif.\u2014it almost seemed predestined. The store stocks 150+ cheeses, plus natural wines, craft beers, accoutrements, and more, while the sisters\u2019 second location, four-year-old DTLA Cheese in Los Angeles\u2019 historic Grand Central Market, offers a more tightly edited selection of wheels and wedges. (The latter also has a quick-service kitchen under partner and chef Reed Herrick\u2019s watch turning out salads, toasts, and\u2014what else?\u2014seasonal grilled cheeses.)<\/p>\n

The Golden State is the country\u2019s top tomato producer, and come warmer months, the Clarkes have pairing on the brain. \u201cCheese complements tomatoes because it curbs and rounds out the acidity,\u201d Lydia says. \u201cTangy cheese gets your taste buds salivating, and a juicy ripe tomato comes in and quenches them.\u201d Just ahead, their top tomato-curd pairings are the stuff of mid-summer night dreams.<\/p>\n

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