A Parmesan cheese mystery before you log off

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Welcome to The Logoff: Hi readers, welcome back! I hope you had a great holiday weekend. Mine was pretty quiet — but not as quiet as President Donald Trump’s, whose lack of public schedule over the weekend convinced certain segments of the internet that he was, in fact, dead. (He is not.)

That being said, he hasn’t made any urgent news today; his press conference this afternoon focused on the decision to shift the location of Space Force headquarters, an effort that now spans multiple years. 

For that reason, we’re declaring it’s time to log off — have a great evening!

How much do you know about Parmesan cheese? If the answer is “not much,” allow me to recommend this great Slate story by Willa Paskin, diving deep into its origins and the surprisingly complex question of who can lay authentic claim to the cheese — Parma, in northern Italy, or Wisconsin (in the northern US). The story has it all: cheese-making monks, a blind taste-test, a classically American immigrant story, and more. Enjoy, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow! 

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