Cabot Clothbound Cheddar

Monday, September 7th, 2009

I'm in catch up mode right now with recent cheese reviews (more about that in future posts). The following posts are from several cheeses I tried on a recent visit to Houston. The first cheese was Cabot Clothbound Cheddar. I had been looking for this cheese for quite a while ...

Ubriaco del Piave

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Last week I was near DiBruno Bros. and decided to do a walk through of the cheese section, not really intending to buy anything as I was a bit too busy to do cheese tastings, but I figured I was there, the weather was nice, etc. Nothing really caught my ...

Flower Marie

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

The second (and last!) cheese I purchased at Neal's Yard was Flower Marie. This cheese is an unpasteurised sheeps milk, also made by Greenacres Farm, near Lewes, Sussex. The exterior has a very pillowy, white rind (almost air-like, floating above the cheese). The interior is a dense, smooth white paste ...

Golden Cross

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I also made a visit to the Neal's Yard Dairy store in Borough Market. Unfortunately, it was a Saturday and pretty nice (e.g., it hadn't rained in 15 minutes) so the Market and Neal's Yard were quite crowded. However, the queue to get into the store was only a couple ...

Innes Button

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 ...

(Cabecou du) Rocamadour

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 ...