NYT — Articles — Larissa Zimberoff

There’s no sign announcing that you’ve arrived at Jasper Hill Farm, a creamery in the Northeast Kingdom, as Vermonters call that end of their state, but you can’t miss it. The main barn is painted midnight blue with a giant cheese moon and cows floating happily in space. Blasted into the hillside is a concrete bunker with seven cheese caves radiating from a central core.

There’s one other surprising detail: a modern two-room laboratory filled with microbiology equipment and staffed with scientists.

The New York TimesLarissa ZimberoffFebruary 10, 2017Greensboro, Jasper Hill Farm. cheese making, NYT, New York Times, Vermont, microbiology, science

An Open House Disguised as a Dinner Party

It might have been any over-the-top Manhattan dinner party: a penthouse setting where several dozen carefully chosen, accomplished guests enjoyed artisanal cocktails, a four-course tasting menu prepared by up-and-coming chefs and a live dance performance. But this was no ordinary over-the-top party. It was an open house — albeit a very exclusive one.

The New York TimesLarissa ZimberoffOctober 1, 2015Hell's Kitchen, NYT, NYTimes, Stella Tower, Vivonne, salon