| Certain places become known for certain food. | | | | can spend a day just wandering the aisles and |
| Sometimes it's just an development of innovation | | | | taking in the wonderful smells. But be sure to pick |
| in a particular food -- such as Philadelphia and the | | | | up a favorite or three. |
| cheese steak or Memphis and BBQ -- but often it | | | | Go on Wednesday or Saturday and you can also |
| is because the best examples of the foods are | | | | enjoy the largest producers-only farmers market |
| created in the area -- like Napa Valley and fine | | | | in the country, the Dane County Farmers Market. |
| wines. | | | | 300 plus vendors sell thousands of home-made |
| That's the way it is with Wisconsin and artisan | | | | food products including hundreds of small run |
| cheese. | | | | cheeses. Heaven on Earth. |
| If your idea of great cheese goes far beyond the | | | | America's Little Switzerland |
| gooey orange stuff poured over nachos, you are | | | | Forty-five minutes southwest of Madison is Green |
| probably always on the lookout for new and | | | | County -- known as "America's Little Switzerland |
| delicious specialty varieties to try. True cheese | | | | -- where you can watch one of the last remaining |
| heads are an adventurous and curious lot, always | | | | makers of the 180-pound "big wheel" style |
| looking for the next "best cheese I've ever | | | | Emmenthaler Swiss working. |
| eaten!" | | | | Be sure to stop at the New Glarus Brewery for a |
| Foodie Fantasy and Dream Tour | | | | pint and the Chalet Landhaus Inn & Restaurant |
| Wisconsin is the largest producer of cheese in the | | | | for a fondue demonstation by Swiss trained chef, |
| United States and the state's artisan cheeses | | | | Mike Neval. |
| have won more awards than those of any other | | | | Carr Valley Cheese |
| state -- or any other single country, for that | | | | One of the nations most decorated artisian |
| matter. | | | | cheese makers, Carr Valley Cheese of La Vallee, |
| Small, Old World-style cheese making facilities are | | | | won 16 ribbons and 2 Best in the Show awards |
| increasingly becoming destinations for food lovers, | | | | at the 2008 American Cheese Society |
| much the same way wineries and breweries did in | | | | Competition. |
| the late '80's and 90's. | | | | Do not miss the Wollersheim Winery. The |
| If you love good cheese, here are 3 spots in | | | | vineyards at this National Historic Site were |
| Southwestern Wisconsin you should not miss: | | | | planted by the "father of modern winemaking", |
| Madison's Fromagination | | | | Agoston Haraszthx in the 1840's. Guided tours |
| This is one of the biggest and best cheese shops | | | | and tasting are offered daily. |
| in the world. Located smack in Capital Square, you | | | | |