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Artisan Cheese In The New Decade
" . . . First, and happily, the beloved Laura Chenel brand had gotten a new cheese maker and some serious support for simply and significantly better offerings. The standard bearer Fresh Cheve has ...
Whole Foods '12 Days of Cheese', Dec 12-23
"... Whole Foods agrees, and just announced they're bringing back their annual “12 Days of Cheese” special. Each day, starting December 12 (and ending December 23), nationwide Whole Foods shoppers ...
Everything you think you know about American cheese is wrong
Nice to hear this from the other side of the pond.
'Ending the War on Artisan Cheese'
" . . . The debate over the safety of raw milk cheese has fiercely divided American cheesemakers and government regulators, and outraged cheese lovers. Currently, certain cheeses can be legally man...
Kraft American Cheese in a BLUE BOX? Where?
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...
Franklin's Teleme Cheese is in trouble
" . . . Peluso’s troubles began when his creamery landlord experienced a series of financial blows in quick succession—'a perfect storm,' says Peluso. The landlord stopped repairing the creamery eq...
A Tasty Talk with Zingerman's Ari Weinzweig, June 3, San Francisco
From San Francisco's The Cheese School: "Thirty years ago Zingerman's Deli started as a neighborhood deli, today it's a family of nine businesses with over 500 employees. Join us for a talk wit...
White American Cheese - Boars Head or Land O' Lakes
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...
Jasper Hill's Harbison, $12.99 @ Trader Joe's
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...
Closure of Sonoma Cheese Factory - Temporary?
The Sonoma Cheese Factory store on the Plaza shut down on December 31. Said to re-open in April when the tourists return . . .
"Good" American Cheese-Does it exist?
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...
Land O' Lakes Extra Melt in Boston?
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...
Millennials Kill Again. The Latest Victim? American Cheese
" . . . 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...
Manistique by Zingerman's Creamery
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...
Briar Rose Creamery @ Portland Farmers Market at PSU
Having tasted the velvet-textured, grassy Classic Chevre by Briar Rose Creamery of Dundee, OR at Whole Foods https://www.chowhound.com/post/cascadia-creamery-organic-raw-milk-cheeses-washington-107...
Jacobs Creamery @ Portland Farmers Market at PSU
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...
Cascadia Creamery organic raw milk cheeses from Washington
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...
Willoughby Washed Rind by Jasper Hill Creamery
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. ...
Left queso melt out overnight. Safe to eat?
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 ...
Shaft's Ellie's Vintage 2 Year Reserve Bleu
Visiting Lodi last month, I stopped at Cheese Central to see if there might be any locally produced cheeses I should know about. Not really, though a new creamery in the area will start up next mon...