Cheese

These 2 pound wheels are bright and lactic. Their size makes perfect for eating out of hand or for baking with fruits and nuts for large parties. Either way, it is creamy and gooey with notes of lemon, mushroom, and onion, and grassy palate and a bright lactic finish.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 60 days

What’s the Type?

• bloomy rind

Where in the world?

• Calkins Creamery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Head to the top of the mountain with this six-ounce pyramid of bloomy, ashed, slightly blue deliciousness!. The patchy blue, grey, and white mold rind gives way to a creamline soul and a flyffy interior that tastes like minerals and hay.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat's milk aged at least 3-5 weeks

What’s the Type?

• ashed rind with a little blue mold

Where in the world?

• FireFly Farms in Accident, Maryland

The delicate white rind is fluffy and thick giving way to a bright white paste that is mushroomy, savory, delicate, and buttery.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 1 month

What’s the Type?

• bloomy

Where in the world?

• Chapel's Creamery in Easton, Maryland

This strapping gentleman is best when you take his top off. No- seriously- just cut off the top before it warms up and spoon it out. It has a very loose and spoonable paste that is woodsy, lactic, and vegetal with a coating palate and a very long finish.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat's milk aged at least 2 months

What’s the Type?

• bloomy and bound

Where in the world?

• FireFly Farms in Accident, Maryland

A truly decadent triple creme that is complex and interesting.

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow & sheep’s milk

What’s the type?

• bloomy triple

Where in the world?

• Old Chatham Creamery in Groton, New York

How does it taste?

• super creamy and decadent with a rich palate with a very pretty and floral paste

Owners Fons Smits and Laura Davenport have a wealth of experience from various creameries before they embarked on their own endeavor. Tulip Tree focuses on sustainable, vegetarian-friendly practices. This little square of spreadable goodness is absolutely beautiful solo or with a tart and sweet jam and crunchy bread. It is soft, rich, and spreadable with a pleasantly floral paste.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow's milk 

What’s the Type?

• bloomy triple creme

Where in the world?

• Tulip Tree Creamery in Indianapolis, Indiana

Boxcarr Handmade Cheese is made up of family working alongside their amazing team.  Grandparents, great-grandparents, cousins, along with the Genke’s children, a part of their hardworking team. This beautiful cheese of theirs is bright and milky with the zip of chives and a fun fluffy rind

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized goat milk aged 2 – 4 weeks

What’s the type?

• bloomy with chives

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

A super interesting wheel: incredibly mineral driven with a very pretty, mild, and supple paste.

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized sheep’s milk 

What’s the type?

• bloomy rind

Where in the world?

• Green Dirt Farm in Westin, Missouri 

Tom & Nancy Clark were game changers in the American sheep’s milk cheese industry blazing the trail for so many other awesome farms and starting the trend of amazing sheep’s milk cheeses in the United States

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

• bloomy

Where in the world?

• Old Chatham Creamery in Groton, New York

How does it taste?

• incredibly bright and acidic- so much so that you can’t help but smile. the paste is tangy and fruity with notes of apricots and grass