And speaking of preserves for your cheese board....I've recently been educated that a good choice is a cutting preserve, or membrillo, which is thicker than jam-type preserves. A local choice here in the PNW, but I'm not sure you'll find it in Indiana, is Girl Meets Dirt. Other brands will probably be in Whole Foods or that type of store. And if you're embracing your "NYC to the Midwest" story, Girl Meets Dirt was a girl who was from Washington State (orcas island I believe), went to NYC to work on Wall Street, missed the PNW, and came back to be a farmer.