1. Formaggio Essex

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Last but not least is Formaggio Essex, a cheese, meat, and specialty foods store located at booth 11. They source their artisan cheese from choice producers and small family farms. They also sell a sizable variety of hand-picked salame along with all natural honeys, jams, oils, vinegars, salts, candy, grains, spices, and pastas. They were founded in Cambridge as an attempt to introduce the European market shopping experience to an American audience. Since then, they’ve expanded to stores in Boston and New York.

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