Mike to be VIP Guest at 3/17 Fairfield Book Signing & Cheese Tasting

After pouring himself a black & tan and toasting his dear departed grandmother Julia Marie O'Brien, Mike will enjoy part of St. Patrick's Day as a VIP Guest at a Book Signing & Cheese Tasting with Allison Hooper of Vermont Butter & Cheese Company. The event will be held from 5-7p.m. at Fairfield Cheese Company, 2090 Post Road (Harry's Corner), Fairfield, CT 06824. For info: 203-292-8194.

Mike initially reached out to Laura Downey, the event organizer, to propose that he cover the event and describe the experience in an article he would pen and submit for publication to local newspapers. Laura embraced the idea and granted Mike special access for the evening. Harry's spirits shop, adjacent to the cheese shop, will supply fine wines to accompany the assorted cheeses, which are of an "artisan" variety. Ms. Hooper pioneered this type of small batch, handcrafted cheese in the early 1980s and is essentially known as a master -- or you might say "Head Cheese" -- in this area.

A cheese lover spawned from a long line of cheese lovers, Mike plans to attend with an eager pallette and do his share of sampling -- all in the interest of investigative journalism, of course!