Cheese, Glorious Cheese!

The American Cheese Society (that's American... Cheese Society, not American Cheese...Society) held their annual conference in Chicago at the end of July. On the Saturday of the conference, there was an event open to the public: the Festival of Cheese. Over 1,000 cheese would be available! I had to go.

Once there, I gazed in awe at the Chicago skyline carved out of cheese. I sampled cheese after cheese after cheese until it dawned on me - there is such a thing as too much cheese! They began to taste the same. I took a break, then headed back for some lighter fare, including a lavender honey goat cheese that I fell in love with.

The next day, the leftover cheese was sold to the public. I got there too late for any of the really unusual cheese, but a friend and I managed to buy some cheddars and monterey jacks - I think we ended up with about 30 pounds for $30. Our diets are very cheese-based now!