William Rice for culture: the word on cheese
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William Rice, the long-time food and wine columnist for the Chicago Tribune, has been a reporter, critic, and editor for more than four decades.

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Not long ago, specialty cheeses had a bumpy ride in this town known as the “City of Big Shoulders.” In the mid-1980s, when I arrived at the Chicago Tribune to write about food and wine, cheese was of more than routine interest in only a few select restaurants—mostly French—and the occasional Italian and Germanic food […]

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