The American Cheese Society set forth a challenge for their annual competition: create a new category of cheese unique to America. Three cheesemakers answered the call, including one from Vermont.
The winning category is called Cornerstone, and is the creation of Peter Dixon of in Vermont, Mark Gillman from in Connecticut and Sue Miller from Pennsylvania's . Cornerstone will not belong to one cheesemaker, but instead become an open-source, standardized recipe so others can make their own version.
After speaking with the creators, food writer Melissa Pasanen visited The VPR Cafe to explain what makes Cornerstone distinct. She also shares what cheesemongers have to say about it. Pasanen recenly wrote extensively about this brand new cheese in her Culture magazine piece, "."
