other things that happened in New York yesterday

not the only thing that happened yesterday:



Yesterday New York hosted the national debut of Mount Rushmore carved from 700 lbs of Land O'Lakes cheddar on behalf of Cheez-its^®

"I had to draw the different presidents at different angles to get ready for this. Carving cheese you only get one chance. You can't glue it back if you chop the wrong bit out."

Landwehr started carving cheese at the age of 12 when The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival in Little Chute, Wisconsin, tried to entice younger participants to take up the knife.

"I was artistically talented and they gave me a one hour lesson. Everything blossomed from there," he said.

"I do tend to use cheddar which works the best because it has the best oils and consistency. Softer cheeses can droop and aged cheeses are too brittle."

The Mount Rushmore carving, from a block about 76cm long and 76cm tall, was commissioned by a cheese snack company and goes on show in New York's Grand Central Station today before going on a month-long national tour.