Mascarpone. Pronounced [mahsk_ar-po-nay].
Not [masker-pohn]. I swear I do a mental face-palm whenever I hear
someone trying to be "cultured" and totally mangling the pronunciation.
I hold no punches for the ignorant. This is a cheese to be
respected. Especially this particular mascarpone.
Yet it isn't made in Northern Italy, where the style originates, instead it is actually the product of that oft mocked dairy state, Wisconsin. Not just a land of uncomfortably electric yellow commodity cheeses and the mysterious "string cheese" (whatever that is). Wisconsin has in recent years begun to put out a fine offering of artisanal dairy products that are quite in line with the artisan food movement sweeping the continent. Crave Brothers is no exception.
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