- the real, italian stuff – is amazing. the american version, produced by the wisconsin-based cheesery bel gioioso, is mostly an “eh”: nice enough mozzarella, but nothing to write home about.

it’s as though someone explained to bel gioioso what burrata is, without letting them taste it. so then they made it… and completely missed the boat. it is, in fact, what a nutrimatic dispenser would give you if you simply asked for burrata: a globe of white cheese in water that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea burrata.

so, no more schlepping out to wegmans for a fix. if they don’t have it at the italian store, i’ll have to do without. because a caprese salad made with burrata… omfg. it doesn’t get any better than that.