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  • Ewephoria and brie

    Ewephoria gouda (on the right) and Normandie brie (on the left)

    Isigny St Mere Brie: Normandie is normally known for its camembert, but this brie is from there.  Very good.

    Ewephoria: a sweet gouda style sheeps milk cheese from Holland that I found at the Brookville market in Cleveland Park.

     

  • Sandy is here!

    Hurricane Sandy

    And of course we had a cocktail in her honor:

    the Sandy

    Government (and our) offices were closed today & will be closed tomorrow.

    The Sandy:

    • 1 1/2 oz rum
    • 1 oz cointreau
    • 2 oz watermelon & ginger ice
    • 2 oz orange, peach, and mango juice
    • tangerine wedge

    Will probably have another & watch Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers (until the power goes out)

     

  • Reading Market Cheese

    Reading market cheese

    The other day we met T.T. and M.T. in Philadelphia so we went to the Reading Market.  I got some interesting cheese (and passed on the cheese that was $40/lb).

    Le Fin Normand Camembert – a nice Camembert (aren’t they all?) from Saint-Hilaire de Briouze.  It was one that I didn’t have the box for, which was the main reason to get it.

    Pecorino Sardo Ciresa – a very nice Italian sheep’s milk cheese

    Asiago – very good, but not as nice as what NA smuggled in for us.

  • Tete de Moine

    Actually, it is Tete de Moine Fromage de Bellelay. A good swiss-style cheese originally made by the monks of the Bellelay Abbey.  Quite good, but they say it is better to shave it with one of those round wheel things with a scraper.  We’ve seen one of those at Cornucopia.

     

  • Boone Creak Creamery on TV!

    Ed from Book Creek Creamery sent me a note saying that KET tv is going to feature them on Bluegrass and Backroads:

    http://bluegrassandbackroads.com/2012/08/boone-creek-creamery/

    We got some of their cheese when we were in Kentucky last November for Pablo’s wedding.

  • Illinois cheese

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    AKT got some cheese from the farmer’s market there.  It was from Ludwig Farmstead Creamery in Illinois.

    Feather Ridge – a semi-hard raw milk cheese.

    Jake’s Wheel – patterned after Havarti.

    Vermillion River Blue – a very nice triple cream blue.

    AKT also got a nice cheese knife, but the mouse’s tail broke off after the first use.

  • Georgia cheese

    Thomasville Tomme was very good, from Sweet Grass Dairy in Georgia.  Raw cow’s milk cheese.

     

     

  • Amtrak Cheese

    Calvert Woodley. Italian and Dutch. Fontina and Parrano.



    good

  • another rooftop cheese

    Rooftop Cheese

     

    Brillat savarin cave aged, a cow’s milk triple-cream brie cheese from Burgandy or Normandie.  Very good.

    Ubriacone – a very nice aged cow’s milk spiked with wine

    Quadrello di bufala, they say it is a stinky (washed rind) cheese, but ours was a fairly firm nice smelling cheese.

    Ewe’s milk blue, which I think was a Whole Foods product, or maybe an Old Chatam Shepherding Company cheese, was very good.

  • New sheep cheese in Maryland

    Maryland now has a sheep dairy!  Shepherd’s Manor Creamery is now producing a very nice tome style sheep’s milk  cheese.  They also have a sheep yogurt, which is very nice.