Top 15 foodie weekends
Whet your appetite for great food-and-drink weekend trips, from cheese to craft beer
Cheese: Midway, UT
Today, artisanal cheese producers are creating creamy rounds with the same nuanced terroir of wine, making it a good year
to travel just for cheese. One of our favorites is Heber Valley Artisan Cheese, 45 miles from Salt Lake City. Its specialties
include queso fresco and Juustoleipa Finnish cheese. Weekly tours with cheesemaker Grant Kohler include a look at the state-of-the-art
facility, a lesson in cheesemaking, and a peek at the cave where the cheese is aged. Sign up for a cheese- or yogurt-making
class, and you’ll go home with your own, plus a handy kit with the recipe. $5 tour, $30 class; hebervalleyartisancheese.com
Best time to go: February, for the DIY mozzarella class (and a chance to spot elk).
Stay: Homestead Resort, a gracious, century-old hotel just 2 miles from the creamery, has cottage-style suites and rooms that offer
a quiet escape. From $224; homesteadresort.com
