From The Better Cheddar to dedicated charcuterie stores, Kansas City has an abundance of specialty cheese shops, cheesemakers and cheese-making classes to explore. These are some of our favorite places to find gourmet cheeses.

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Like beer and penicillin , cheese was probably an accidental discovery . Honed over millennia, the ancient craft of cheesemaking has transformed into a global endeavor.

Kansas City, with ready access to both local farms and the international market, has an abundance of artisanal cheese options to try.

(Sadly, the evocatively named “ Cheese caves ” in Springfield, Missouri, are more government warehouse than myth

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