LCBO Food & Drink Spring 2019

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WINNERS ch seboard BY CRYSTAL & TARA LUXMORE • PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES TSE

Create an exemplary cheese- board by plating a selection of Canadian cheese champions. Each spring the Canadian Cheese Awards selects just 33 Best-in-Class winners from more than 375 entries. We’ve paired five award-winners with wines, beers and ciders to bring out their very best.

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Afrim Pristine is fully obsessed with cheese. “It’s the most unique ingredient in the world,” he says simply. Today he is the Maître Fromager at Toronto’s Cheese Boutique (cheeseboutique.com), a shop his grandfather opened in 1970. It’s a wonder- land of fromage and accoutrements that stocks all of the medal-winners in this story and houses a vault where Afrim meticu- lously ripens cheeses to perfection. Check out his master tips for building the perfect cheeseboard on page 85. HUNGRY FOR MORE CHEESE TIPS? Check out Afrim’s new book, For the Love of Cheese , available wherever books are sold.

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