Spotlight A taste of Europe with a leading artisan cheese and meat shop By Amy Lynch • Photography by Linda Campos Dec 13, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Updated Dec 27, 2021 0 2 min to read Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Volleyball brought Ihsan Gurdal to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cheese is what’s kept him there. 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