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Great places to chow down on cheddar

Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview, N.C., is  a small family-run business.
Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview, N.C., is a small family-run business.
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Looking Glass stands out for its Drovers Road, a creamy, yet crumbly raw milk cheddar cheese.
Looking Glass stands out for its Drovers Road, a creamy, yet crumbly raw milk cheddar cheese.
Ashevillecheese.com
Beehive Cheese Co. in Uintah, Utah, makes distinctive flavored cheddars like Barely Buzzed, infused with coffee and lavender.
Beehive Cheese Co. in Uintah, Utah, makes distinctive flavored cheddars like Barely Buzzed, infused with coffee and lavender.
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The Vermont producer Cellars at Jasper Hill recently opened a stall in Boston Public Market, making it even easier to try its traditional Cabot Clothbound Cheddar.
The Vermont producer Cellars at Jasper Hill recently opened a stall in Boston Public Market, making it even easier to try its traditional Cabot Clothbound Cheddar.
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Cabot Clothbound Cheddar from Cellars at Jasper Hill.
Cabot Clothbound Cheddar from Cellars at Jasper Hill.
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While you can't visit Avalanche Cheese in Paonia, Colo., you can rent a cabin on its goat farm, which provides the milk used to make its rare clothbound goat cheddar cheese.
While you can't visit Avalanche Cheese in Paonia, Colo., you can rent a cabin on its goat farm, which provides the milk used to make its rare clothbound goat cheddar cheese.
Avalanchecheese.com
Guests can help with milking and farm chores and even bottle-feed baby goats in the spring.
Guests can help with milking and farm chores and even bottle-feed baby goats in the spring.
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While most cheese is made in rural areas, Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle's Pike Place Market is a welcome exception.
While most cheese is made in rural areas, Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle's Pike Place Market is a welcome exception.
Beechershandmadecheese.com
Its Flagship cheddar has a sweet, caramel flavor.
Its Flagship cheddar has a sweet, caramel flavor.
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You'll find one of the best cheese shops in cheese-loving Vermont at Grafton Village Cheese Co. in Brattleboro.
You'll find one of the best cheese shops in cheese-loving Vermont at Grafton Village Cheese Co. in Brattleboro.
Grafton Village Cheese
The 124-year-old company makes sharp, aged New England-style cheddar.
The 124-year-old company makes sharp, aged New England-style cheddar.
Grafton Village Cheese
Hilmar Cheese Co. in California is the largest cheese producer in the world, and welcomes guests at an elaborate 

visitors center.
Hilmar Cheese Co. in California is the largest cheese producer in the world, and welcomes guests at an elaborate visitors center.
Hilmarcheese.com
A display at Hilmar Cheese Co. shows how cheddar is made.
A display at Hilmar Cheese Co. shows how cheddar is made.
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Oregon's huge Tillamook Cheese Factory churns out 167,000 pounds of cheese a day, but still welcomes visitors with an ice cream stand, restaurant, history display and a bird's-eye view of the factory floor.
Oregon's huge Tillamook Cheese Factory churns out 167,000 pounds of cheese a day, but still welcomes visitors with an ice cream stand, restaurant, history display and a bird's-eye view of the factory floor.
Tillamook.com
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