" . . . 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 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 ...
On our honeymoon in Antibes, France earlier this year, we stopped at the wonderful covered market every morning and I frequently enjoyed small Peppadew-type peppers, marinated in olive oil and stuf...
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...
Last stop on Satuday's visit to Anderson Valley was Pennyroyal Farm on our way south. The tasting room opened to the public in March. I'd been in the area a month before that and had been disappoin...
I'm hoping to be able to find 2-4 Loire goat cheeses and am hoping to only make one stop to find them. I will be in the Mission/Noe area and haven't shopped the cheese sections at BiRite/24th st/Ra...
Saturday, June 4, is National Cheese Day so I had to share something on the Cheese board to mark the day. These photos are from a tasting of California North Coast cheese I had the opportunity t...
My friend returned from a week near Bergerac last night. His hosts heard that he favors chèvre au lait cru and surprised him by scouring the countryside to find every variation in on hand. He gifte...
Sebastopol's Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery announced today that it has been acquired by Emmi, based in Switzerland. It will operate as an independent subsidiary of Emmi Holding (USA). Owner Jennifer...
This book is one of the best I've ever seen on cheese, with one great exception to this praise. The descriptions of the cheeses are imaginative in their groupings by characterizations of the che...
I just got some California Chevre. I hadn't had it in a few years and picked it up at Trader Joe's. I love it, but have difficulty finding things to eat it with. Everything I try seems a little off...
In an attempt to cut down on carbos, i have developed a taste for a snack of thinly-sliced-on-the-diagonal Palacios (Spanish) chorizo(not the hot version), topped with a large mound of Chavrie (a s...
Someone posted,,,yes it was soupkitten, that if your chevre crumbled it isn't fresh. NOT TRUE!!!!! I make my own chevre from the goats we have and when hung to dry and opened the next morning the c...
Anyone got a recipe they like for goat cheese vanilla ice cream or ice milk?
I have a container of goat cheese crumbles in the fridge and the use by date is coming up in the next week. I know I can keep past that but since it's been in the fridge for a couple months alread...
Just got back from a lovely meal out, with one small hiccup. I ordered a tempura zucchini blossom that was supposed to be stuffed with ricotta, lemon zest and pine nuts. It was gorgeously presently...
So I am the only person in my house who likes fresh goat cheese, and as much as I like it I rarely make it through a packet before it goes bad. (I buy way too much food so there are always too man...
Our favorite goat cheese's hechsher just changed from a reliable one to one we don't accept. Are there any general brands with reliable hechshers out there? Or do I need to go to the kosher grocery...