Laura's Appearances
& Important Dates in the World of Cheese

August 15, 2010 10am SF Chefs 2010, San Francisco, California
Ace sommelier Christie Dufault from restaurant RN74 and I will be teaming up to do Slam Dunk pairings -- cheese and wine pairings sommelier and cheese-gal style at the 2nd annual SF Chefs 2010 food and wine extravaganza. You'll get the lowdown on how to pair cheese and wine by tasting some amazing cheeses and wines. Joining us on the panel will be none other than Karl Wente, winemaker at the iconic Wente Vineyards. He'll be bringing a couple of his stellar wines and explaining how they get to be so darn good. Put them with cheese and we're talking amazing. But that isn't all. Everybody that comes to this session will receive a copy of my book Laura Werlin's Cheese Essentials Cheese, wine, a sommelier, a winemaker, and a book all in one session? Now that's a great deal.
sfchefsfoodwine.com

August 25 - 29, 2010 American Cheese Society Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington
This annual conference is a must for anyone that loves cheese, wants to learn about it, and wants to taste just about every cheese being made in the United States. This year's conference is going to be particularly special not only because of a great line-up of events but also because the keynote speaker is none other than Michael Pollan, author of the groundbreaking The Ominvore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, and his new book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. Few people have affected the national dialog on food more than Michael Pollan. Check out the American Cheese Society website for the latest information, which includes a humorous and informationalvideo promoting the conference.
www.cheesesociety.org

View Laura's past appearances.

Laura buys cheese from an Italian shepherd at the bi-annual Slow Food cheese conference held in September, 2005 in Bra, Italy.
Photo by Jeff Roberts.