Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
When I was at Fair Food Farmstand last week, there was a 2oz sliver of Cherry Grove Farm's Gouda. It is a raw cow's-milk Gouda that is aged for 2 months. It had a nice natural rind (no wax here!). The interior is semi-firm with the characteristic eyes towards the ...
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Yet another lunch run to Whole Foods for soup (I'm beginning to think it's really a subconscious excuse to cheese shop). Nothing in the ends basket, so I started digging around. I discovered Saxon Creamery's Green Fields, which looked pleasant enough. I hadn't heard of this cheese before and there ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Honestly, there are times when someone else just captures the essence of a cheese in writing so much better than I ever will. I was at DiBruno Bros. checking out what local cheeses they had and saw Lazy Lady Farm's Filibuster, which I had been wanting to try. Why had ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Another visit to Reading Terminal for vegetables, another stop by the Fair Food Farmstand for cheese. I picked up a couple of items, including Birchrun Blue from Birchrun Hills Farm in Chester Springs, PA. The cheese is made from raw cow's milk that is aged 80+ days (according to this ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
I stopped by Whole Foods for lunch to get some soup and figured I'd see if there was anything in the ends basket. Amazingly enough there was a local cheese -- Calkins Creamery Saint Paulin. The creamery is located in the Upper Delaware River Valley (there is some nice background ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Went to Tria tonight and tried some local cheeses off their cheese menu. Cherry Grove Farm's Toma and Jasper Hill Farm Winnimere were the choices. The others at the table weren't too happy as they don't fully appreciate stinky cheeses, but I thoroughly enjoyed both.
Cherry Grove's Toma is made with ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
[gallery] Langres had been on my list of cheese to try for quite a while after reading Steven Jenkins' Cheese Primer. However, Langres is traditionally made with unpasteurized milk and is ready to consume after only 15 days, much less than the 60 days required by the FDA. While in ...
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