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Exclusive | Meet the ‘Cheese Witch’ who can read your destiny in a chunk of cheddar: ‘It acts as the connection’
- Exclusive NY Post feature profiles Jen Billock, a Chicago writer who reads cheese as divination, known as tyromancy.
- Billock began tyromancy during the pandemic after travel-writing work stalled, turning to cheese as a reading vehicle.
- She compares cheese readings to tarot, using four pieces per session to represent past, present, future, and a final answer.
- Billock emphasizes cheese as a vehicle linking reader and client, with cheese type influencing messages.
- She notes different cheeses yield different messages, e.g., blue cheese can be noisy while cheddar may be clearer.
- Billock reads other foods beyond cheese, including croissants, beer, and curry, for future insights.
- Billock plans a book on tyromancy as she continues offering in-person and online readings.
- The NY Post frames the piece as a broader look at unconventional divination practices in urban culture.
- The article notes the historical roots of tyromancy dating back to the second century.
- Billock views food as nourishment with political and memory connections, driving engagement with readers.
- The piece includes practical booking details and imagery from the Tyromancy practice.
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