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\nEvery 2 years, Slow Food<\/a> organizes \u201cCheese,\u201d a festival dedicated to and named in honor of the preserved preserved milk product. Tucked away in mountains of Piedmont, Bra is a small medieval town that is transformed into a sea of white tents with cheesemongers, cheese-lovers, cheese makers, farmers, food tourists, townspeople all jostling to taste, learn and talk about cheese.<\/p>\n

When the staff of Formaggio Kitchen<\/a> visits Bra, we stay at the hotel of our friend Matteo Ascheri. Here, we talk, eat, reflect and meet small producers of handmade cheese. We have known Matteo for many years, since before the start of Cheese and we were very pleased when he opened his hotel right over the railroad tracks from the center of town. From the hotel can walk to the home or our good friends, Giorgio and Barbra Cravero. We are so fortunate to have a modern hotel in such a convenient location- and the popularity of the hotel has rapidly increased. It seems like everyone we need to see stays at Cantine Ascheri: we are able to reconnect with Phillipe from Marcel Petite, Betty and Martin of L\u2019Amuse, Will Studd from Australia, Andy Kehler from Jasper Hill Farm, Jason Hinds and and the crew from Neal\u2019s Yard Dairy. At Cantine Ascheri, we get a global snapshot of the latest industry news, over late night elixirs on the rooftop overlooking the town.<\/p>\n

One tradition that I look forward to is the big meal hosted by Giorgio Cravero-Giorgio always has a big meal with all his \u2018cheese\u2019 friends, on the Thursday evening before the start of Cheese.  Sometimes it will be a big American-style BBQ in the courtyard of his house or cocktails in the new aging room surrounded by row upon row of wheels of his Parmigiano. This year, we had dinner at his sister\u2019s restaurant, Osteria Boccabuona.<\/p>\n

Piedmont is home to so many great food products: wine, chestnuts, cookies, pasta, honey, polenta- and we meet with many of these producers as well as cheese purveyors while in Bra. We do tend to fill up our schedule with more meetings than you would think can fit into one day, so there is an awful lot of running around. It is for this reason that the hotel is so important- to have a meeting space to connect with producers- some of which just stop by the hotel- whether late into the evening or early in the morning. Breakfast is one of our favorite meals when we stay at Cantine Ascheri: little raw or cooked veal sausage with eggs, good coffee, and of course cheese- typically Piemontese style toma\u2014semi soft, versatile, and fabulous with all the sliced meats that accompany it.<\/p>\n

During the day at Cheese it is possible to literally taste pounds upon pounds of cheese! It is really important to learn how to pace yourself- which can be a hard lesson for first timers. I remember when we brought one of our buyers for the first time- she was so giddy with excitement that she made herself sick! I remember her holding her belly saying \u201c I think I ate a pound of cheese-\u201d though I\u2019m pretty sure it was more like 10! It\u2019s easy to go overboard with so many exciting new cheeses to try. Don\u2019t go hungry!<\/p>\n

Fortified by a big breakfast, we are ready to for a long day of tasting, talking, and observation of the traditions and new trends on display and up for discussion at Cheese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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