This Multifaceted Vinegar Is Going Places

Years ago, in response to the demand for sweet vinegar that wouldn’t stain lettuce, producers introduced white balsamics. Most are made from the cooked, sweet unfermented must of white grapes, the basis for genuine balsamic, with white wine vinegar and, often, sugar added. Now Carandini, a centuries-old producer of balsamic vinegars in Modena, Italy, has…

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Farm-to-Table Mac and Cheese

When a fine cheese company produces its own mac and cheese, it pays to notice. Beecher’s Handmade Cheese and Murray’s Cheese are two of them. Now there’s Cabot Cheese, a Vermont-based cooperative of 800 farm families in the Northeast, known especially for its Cheddars. And it’s the aged Cheddar (dried and powdered) that’s included in…

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An Array of Tableware Up for Grabs

Tiwa Select, an online source for household and tabletop objects made by artists, is holding a live exhibit and sale called Big Plates, with serving platters from 12 artists commissioned by Alex Tieghi-Walker and Fiona Mackay, partners in the company. The platters, designed for summer entertaining, will be displayed in the woods near Ms. Mackay’s…

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