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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Friday, December 12th, 2008
I was at Di Bruno Bros and was looking for a desert cheese and as I was eyeing the blue cheese selection, I saw Jasper Hill Bayley Hazen Blue and new I had to try it based on all the positive, nay, glowing, reviews.
Bayley Hazen Blue is a Stilton-style ...
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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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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
When I was in DiBruno Bros. getting cheese for a Thanksgiving Day cheese plate, I noticed they had a few Hudson Valley Camembert's, which I had been wanting to try for a while, but always passed it over for other selections. This seemed like a good time to choose this ...
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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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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
I picked up a Telford Tomme at Whole Foods at lunch. Telford Tomme is made by Hendrick Farms. It is a washed rind (washed with black cherry and whey), semi-soft unpasteurized cow's-milk cheese. The interior was firm, almost flaky. The taste was a bit sweet, with small crystals, low brininess, ...
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