Humboldt Fog
From: $11.63 Humboldt Fog is one of the American beauties when it comes to cheeses. Mary Keens at Cypress Grove, California, is the creator of this young goat's milk cheese with its impressive appearance and superior flavor.
The texture is creamy and luscious with a subtle tangy flavor. Each handcrafted wheel features a ribbon of edible vegetable ash along its center and a coating of ash under its exterior to give it a distinctive, cake-like appearance. The edible ash comes from the burning of the White pine tree.
The molds are half-filled, then sprinkled with a lager of salt and ash and then the molds are topped with remaining curds. The wheels are also coated with the same ash before they develop the... |
Mt Tam
Your Price: $17.06 Mt Tam is an elegant, handcrafted 10-oz. triple-cream cheese from California, named after the Mt. Tamalpais just north of the San Francisco Bay.
This organic gourmet cheese is firm, yet buttery with a mellow, earthy flavor reminiscent of white mushrooms. It is a smooth, creamy cheese with a thick, snow-white rind, that you can eat; some like it some don't. Mt Tam won 1st Prize in the soft-ripened category at the American Cheese Society competition.... |