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.
Ewephoria and brie
Sandy is here!
And of course we had a cocktail in her honor:
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
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 A good swiss-style cheese originally made by the monks of the Bellelay Abbey.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
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
Amtrak Cheese
Calvert Woodley. Italian and Dutch. Fontina and Parrano.
good
another 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.