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Fromagerie Sophie, San Luis Obispo
Several years back, on a lark, we met Sophie at a Paso Robles wine tasting event and sampled several of her cheeses. I was not a “cheese fan” at the time and was nervous due to the powerful smells...
Everything you think you know about American cheese is wrong
Nice to hear this from the other side of the pond.
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 ...
Cyprus farmers warn of halloumi shortages over EU protection plans
Enjoy your saganaki now. " . . . On one side is the Cypriot government, which is pushing for the island’s rubbery 'white gold' to be given an EU badge of authenticity known as Protected Designa...
Cave-aged Marisa
Last month I had tried this cave-aged sheeps milk cheese, Marisa, from Carr Valley in Wisconsin. Quite firm and almost rubbery in texture, this had lovely sweet cream and nutty flavors with more de...
Pennyroyal Farm | Cheese, Wine & Small Plates in Boonville
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...
Italian Pecorino for Pasta all' Amatriciana
I've been perfecting my pasta all'Amatriciana as part of the worldwide Virtual Sagra to honor and raise money for the Italian earthquake victims. http://www.chowhound.com/post/virtual-sagra-allama...
North Coast Cheese Tasting
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...
Matured? Sheeps Cheese?
Hi, We have been given some sheeps cheese, in a works xmas hamper, see picture. There are 2 round blocks of these and they are quite large. Dimensions of each are 6" Diameter by about 3" thick. ...
Help with sheeps cheese recipes (from Home Cooking)
A poster over on Home Cooking asked about recipes for "mature sheeps cheese". Not sure how he might get the post moved over here to the Cheese community, so thought I'd ask you to look over there ...
Kashkaval
On a recent stop at my favorite Eastern European/Middle Eastern specialty foods store I picked up a small wheel of "Bulgarian kashkaval" made from sheep's milk. I'm a sucker for sheep's milk che...
Sheep's Milk Ricotta
Where can we get Sheep's milk ricotta in Los Angeles?
New-to-me California artisan sheep's milk cheese
I ran across a stall for Garden Variety cheese at one of my local farmers' markets (Temescal, for those of you who live in the Bay Area). They make a full range of sheep's milk cheeses, plus a c...
ISO Etxegarai Cheese
Has anyone seen this Basque sheep milk cheese lately, perhaps at Costco? They sometimes carry a type labeled Larrun Gazta Spn Etxegarai. Marin preferred, but Berkeley, Oakland, SF are all reachable.
Beecher's Flagsheep (yes, not Flagship!)
Just discovered Beecher's (Washington State) Flagsheep cheese, similar to their signature Flagship Reserve, but using 1/3 sheep, 2/3 cow milk, and aged 18 months instead of 12. To my tastebuds thi...
Kosher marscapone cheese?
I'm not a cheese person, but Shavuos time, I try to pull a few cheese dishes out of my hat. I could not find kosher marscapone in any of the stores. Is it possible? Also, what do I do with sheep...