American Cheese

I am muchly over that American that comes in plastic rather buying strictly at the Deli now. But curious as to which brand, if at all, is better?? These two seem to be the Front-Runners if I may s...

by Melanie Wong 4 months ago

Monday night I was browsing Trader Joe’s in Morgan Hill and noticed one of my favorite cheeses, Jasper Hill's Harbison on the shelf. Not only was I surprised to see something of such limited produc...

by Melanie Wong 3 months ago

The Sonoma Cheese Factory store on the Plaza shut down on December 31. Said to re-open in April when the tourists return . . .

I've slowly come around to eating good cheese; I get the good parm not the shaker kind and eat more of the Vermont artisanal cheese than I used to. But I admit it, I love american cheese for g...

These seems to be sold only in the food service segment, but do any delis or places a regular consumer can access sell this stuff in Boston, in like 1 or 2 lb amounts? It appears to be sold in 30l...

by Melanie Wong 4 months ago

" . . . American (cheese) culture is at a crossroads. The product, made famous by the greatest generation, devoured by boomers on the go and touted as the basis for macaroni and cheese, the well-do...

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

Manistique is a Jersey cow's milk, bloomy rind soft cheese. Zingerman's wraps it in Savoy cabbage leaves to ripen and alter the texture and flavor. It's described as earthy and creamy. I'm wonderin...

by Melanie Wong 6 months ago

After our biscuit breakfast at Pine State https://www.chowhound.com/post/pine-state-biscuits-schuyler-eliot-ne-portland-1076068 , we headed to Portland State University for the Saturday morning far...

by Melanie Wong 7 months ago

After a little lunch at Coquine https://www.chowhound.com/post/coquine-mount-tabor-se-portland-1075663, we made a quick stop at the two-bedroom AirBnB tiny house that would be our home base for the...

by Melanie Wong 10 months ago

Last week I was served Willoughby, a washed rind by Jasper Hill, at a dinner party. My first encounter with this cheese, I liked the look and feel of it early in the evening still in its wrapper. ...

I left an unopened container of store bought queso-melt out overnight (didn't see it at the bottom of the shopping bag). It came out of the refrigerated section at the store & the first ingredient ...

Does anyone know where I can buy Dry Cottage Cheese in the Dallas area?

I tried a new cheese last night that was terrific: Harbison cheese, from Jasper Hill. This was recommended to me at Cowgirl Creamery in the SF Ferry Building. I asked if they had reblochon and th...

This is an integral recipe ingredient for a dip that I crave every once in awhile (Pancho's Cheese Dip--they sell it in TN, AR,MS). I used to buy it at Albertson's in Portland, OR but we just move...

Lately I'm on a Brie kick. I'm wondering, are cheeses of this style made in America on a large scale? I'm sure there are artisan producers making this style of cheese but I'm looking for good chees...