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Laurel is a contributing editor at culture and a food and travel writer based in Austin, Texas. She also serves as editor at Edible Aspen.

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Voicings: Christina Tosi, Founder and CEO, Milk Bar

| October 6, 2017
This article is from: Autumn 2017

Award-winning pastry chef Christina Tosi talks about switching tracks from electrical engineering to pastry and founding Milk Bar

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The Great 28 Pairings: Cheese + Goat

| April 24, 2017
This article is from: Cheese+ 2017

Get your goat—it’s pairing time

Sara says hello to Karrot the goat. Photo credit: Josh Huskin

As Luck Would Have It: The Story of Pure Luck Farm and Dairy

| March 30, 2017
This article is from: Spring 2017

Family comes first at Pure Luck Farm and Dairy in Dripping Springs, Texas

Chef Dan Barber, photo credit: Susie Cushner

Voicings: Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill

| March 14, 2017
This article is from: Spring 2017

Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill dishes about his favorite cheese, hobbies, and the most critical issue facing the restaurant industry

Chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse

Voicings: Alice Waters

| December 6, 2016
This article is from: Winter 2016

The inimitable Bay Area chef on urban farmers’ markets, small food businesses, and the evolution of American cheesemakers

Voicings: Will Studd

| September 21, 2016
This article is from: Autumn 2016

Speaker and Cheese Slices host Will Studd talks butter and rock bands.

Voicings: Stephanie Izard

| May 23, 2016
This article is from: Spring 2016

Chicago chef Stephanie Izard talks curds, China, and late-night snacking.

Nepal Rises Again

| April 21, 2016
This article is from: Spring 2016

A deadly earthquake couldn’t stop cheesemakers from Kathmandu to the Himalayan foothills.

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