Dairy trivia for the morning from this NY Times article (reg rqrd): California is the nation's largest dairy state and is expected to be the largest cheese producer by 2005. The article covers some of the state's artisan cheesemakers.

If cheese ain't your kind of thing, maybe a fully automatic espresso machine from www.wholelattelove.com will help you keep your edge? They also feature fancy flash tours of the machines. If you're going to drop a grand or two on the latest in italian coffee plumbing then it's only logical to roast your own beans.

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