Sunday, August 31st, 2008
This was the second cheese I picked up while visiting Murray's in Grand Central Terminal's Market in New York. Cabécou Feuille (a dialect word from Languedoc that means "little goat") is a small button (30 grams) of goat's milk cheese from Périgord in France.
This little morsel is wrapped in chestnut ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
While in New York, I was passing through Grand Central Terminal and decided to visit the Murray's location in the Grand Central Market. I was looking for something that would be easy to transport and eat later in the day for a snack. They had a few French Crottin ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Tonight's cheese was Capricho de Cabra. This is a Spanish goat's-milk cheese, French Bucheron-style that is supposed to be comparable to chèvre. It hails from the Murcia region. The selection I had was dusted in finely ground green peppercorn. The cheese itself was typical goat cheese, but had a phenomenal ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Today we tried Garrotxa (pronounced gah-ROTCH-ah), which is a goat's milk cheese from the Catalonia region in northern Spain. It comes in small one kilo wheels and has a wonderful grayish, faint blue mold rind. The texture is semi-soft. The aroma is a bit light, as is the taste. I ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
We visited Reading Terminal today, which I can never do without a visit to the Fair Food Farmstand. The first cheese I noticed in the refrigerator case was golden-colored with a black, waxy rind. Love at first site! This was Provolone Rustico, a firm, organic raw cow's milk cheese made ...
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