Sunday, November 16th, 2008
The second cheese I picked up at La Fromagerie was an Innes Button from Innes Cheese made by Highfields Farm Dairy in Tamworth, Staffordshire. it that was topped with crushed pink peppercorns (hence the red toppping). Innes Buttons are small (45 gram) very fresh button's of unpasteurised goats milk. They ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
My first cheese shop stop in London was La Fromagerie in Westminster. There are basically two areas: the dry room and the cheese room. The cheese room is a relatively small, glass-enclosed room that is sealed off by a large sliding glass door from the dry room. It is an ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
The third cheese I bought at Saxelby's was Goat Tomme made by Twig Farm in West Cornwall, Vermont. The cheesemonger at the counter highly recommended this cheese and I can't thank her enough!
It's a raw goat's milk cheese, aged 80 days, that has a thickish, natural rind. Goat Tomme has ...
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
This was the second cheese I picked up at Saxelby's last week. Seal Cove Tomme is a little puck (4 oz) of aged goat's cheese. It has a natural, bloomy rind and has a bit of heft for its size. The cheese has a very dry texture, but it's not ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
While visiting New York this weekend, I was around Artisinal and decided to have a quick look at the cheese counter in the Bistro. I was looking for something for a picnic later and noticed they had a few goat cheese logs that were covered in an awesome mold.
Classic Blue ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
I stopped by DiBruno Bros. on Sunday to scout out the cheese selection. They had some Cypress Grove Chevre's Truffle Tremor available and it looked pretty good. This is a pretty unusual cheese that has received quite a bit of press (just do a google search and you'll see what ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
The second cheese I picked up at the Columbus Circle Whole Foods in NYC was a Vermont Butter and Cheese Company Fresh Crottin. Since I had the Crottin de Chavignol the day before, I figured it would be worth comparing it to an American-made version.
The Crottin was made from goat's ...
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