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Michael Affatato teaches customers about his plentiful stock at the Village Cheese Shop. (Photo credit: David Benthal)
My conversations with Michael Affatato and Leah Tillman were extra special as their story wound up being my first full feature for Northforker. They set the bar quite high between their incredible background of how they discovered their love for cheese and how the decadent dairy they sell finds its way into their daily lives.
Between their highly diverse international stock, their themed evening events, overcoming the challenges of being a gourmet food business during Covid and their interactions with the cheese-loving community, Affatato and Tillman told a tale that I just wanted to keep diving deeper into.
Parker Schug is a lifestyle reporter for Northforker. She's a Blue Point native, enthusiastic about all things food, fitness, style and travel. She is the former associate editor for the Nassau Herald under Richner Communications and has contributed to numerous publications including Melbourne, Australia-based Onya Magazine and Paris, France-based Grumpy Magazine. She has a great admiration for the North and South Forks thanks to generational ties and a wealth of childhood memories in eastern Long Island.
