Archive for the ‘Pennsylvania’ Category
Monday, May 11th, 2009
A beautiful Sunday afternoon for a walk in Philadelphia, which means a trip to DiBruno Bros. to check out the cheese. Sitting there on a marble slab, looking lonely, but very sexy, was a single remaining round of fresh goat cheese from Shellbark Hollow Farm in West Chester, PA. I ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Another new farm, another new cheese. Brabander is made by Fallsdale Farm in Tyler Hill, PA. It's all natural and made from raw cow's milk. One of the striking features of this cheese was the terrific, craggy washed-rind. It gave the cheese a lot of "character."
Brabander is a "classic Dutch ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
I was in the area of Reading Terminal and decided to stop by Fair Food Farmstand. There were several new cheeses from creameries I hadn't tried. Wallaby is made by Keswick Creamery near Newburg, PA. Wallaby is made in a style similar to "... Monterey jack-style cheese that we allow ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
I was again at Fairfood Farmstand in Reading Terminal and needed to pick up some cheese. I was in the mood to start exploring the "traditional" style cheeses made by some of the local farms. The first selection is a Parmesan from Hendrick's Farm and Dairy. This one isn't listed ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
I stopped by the local Whole Foods to pick up some items for a buffet dinner I was doing with family (since they had to work on Saturday night). I was checking to see if there were any new local cheeses and they had Calkins Creamery Misty Morning, which I ...
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
Yet another interesting cheese discovered at the Fair Farm Foodstand from a dairy I hadn't yet tried. Pennsylvania (PA) Noble is made by Green Valley Creamery in Lancaster, PA. The cheese is made solely from organic cow's milk.
The cheese is semi-firm with an ever so thin, white-colored natural rind. PA ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
I picked up Calkin's Creamery Smoke Signal the last time I was in the Fair Food Farmstand stall at Reading Terminal. Smoke Signal is Calkin's Gouda that is cold smoked using Pocono & Catskill Applewood.
It has a thin, orange natural rind, which is not wax coated. The interior is semi-soft ...
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