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"This past fall, I visited the Lake Champlain Chocolate factory in Vermont. I had such a good time that I returned this winter to stay at the Stowe Mountain Lodge and have a taste of delicious local specialties. That&amp;#039;s arguably the best thing about eating in Vermont: the availability of great local produce, meats, and cheeses, which you can find and identify through the Vermont Fresh Network. But what to do if you can&amp;#039;t make it to Vermont? Here are three of my favorite nationally-available state specialties: 1. Ben &amp;amp;amp; Jerry&amp;#039;s Ice Cream: Yes, they are now owned by food giant Unilever, but as I learned on my tour of the factory, most of the ice cream is still made in Vermont. And it&amp;#039;s still really, really good, as proven by our vanilla ice cream taste test. My daughter assures me that their current limited edition of Rocky Road-ish is &amp;quot;the best ever.&amp;quot; Today (April 3rd), you can get a free cone (any flavor!) in their stores from 12 to 8 pm.   2. Cabot Cheese: I love their clothbound cheddar. When I can&amp;#039;t get that, I pick up their sharp, aged varieties (at Costco, no less) and serve it sliced or stir it into mac and cheese. We&amp;#039;ve had good triple-test results here in the test kitchen with their reduced-fat cheeses too. 3. Vermont Butter &amp;amp;amp; Cheese Butter: I&amp;#039;m not the only one who loves their butter. Their Cultured European-Style Butter with Sea Salt Crystals won over 20 testers in our Test Kitchen Taste Test.   These dairy-rich treats can be found in markets across the country, so even if you can&amp;#039;t make it to the green mountain state, you can have a taste of it. To see how we conduct our taste tests, visit us on a tour of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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