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    Cream of the Crop

    Apr 14, 2022 4 minutes
    By Laurel Miller

    OROBIANCO ITALIAN CREAMERY

    503 Main St., Blanco. Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thu-Tue 830-833-3114; orobiancomilk.com

    Texas’ only water buffalo dairy was conceived, perhaps unsurprisingly, after a few drinks. In 2017, Phil Giglio was at a bar, dreaming of leaving his corporate law job in Chicago to craft artisan water buffalo cheese—a Southern Italian staple originating in Campania, where Giglio’s family is from.

    “Buffalo is known as ‘the queen of milks,’” Giglio says. The milk’s high protein and butterfat content make it efficient for cheesemaking. Particularly when it comes to fresh and soft cheeses, buffalo milk typically yields more cheese than cow or goat milk.

    Two years later, the dream that started out scrawled on a cocktail napkin became reality. After moving to Texas from Chicago, Giglio

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