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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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Brave or Foolish?

September 12, 2017 janet@janetfletcher.com
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What does it take to get American cheese into a European cheese shop? And will anybody buy it if you do? Raymond Hook, a New York City-based specialty-food broker, is close to someanswers. Working with partners, Hook is attempting to build a global audience for cheeses from Oregon’s Rogue Creamery, Virginia’s Meadow Creek Dairy and Georgia’s Sweet Grass Dairy, among others. The export learning curve has left a few bruises, but Hook is an optimist. Today: London. Tomorrow: the world.

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In From: U.S., Milk: Cow, Milk: Mixed, Milk: Sheep, Milk: Goat Tags Raymond Hook, Fine Cheese Company, Rogue Creamery, Meadow Creek Dairy, Sweet Grass Dairy, Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Humboldt Fog, FDA and cheese
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