Point Reyes Farmstead Bay Blue Right-On
03/08/2013
- San Francisco Chronicle
Although it is thrilling to observe the energy and enthusiasm among America's new cheese makers, I'm most impressed by the producers with a marketing strategy ... more
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Five Great Bay Area Cheeses
01/22/2013
- Contra Costa Times
Most of us are familiar with the pleasures of a triple-cream Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk or aromatic, soft-ripened goat's milk Andante. But there are dozens of other, lesser-known artisan cheesemakers hand-crafting delectable batches of cheese ... more
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Freya's Wheel Is Worth The Search
01/04/2013
- San Francisco Chronicle
Seven years after we "graduated" from Cal Poly, I was sampling Freya's Wheel, Marcus' first commercial aged cheese, which she named for a Norse goddess of love and beauty ... more
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Colombier's Flavor Profile Captivates
09/14/2012
- San Francisco Chronicle
In shape, aroma, texture and flavor, Colombier departs from the ordinary ... more
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The Big Cheese -Parmigiano-Reggiano
09/13/2012
- Foodepedia
This DOP cheese is made with infinite love and care and deserves to be treated as a star part of your cheeseboard ... more
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Estero Gold From Valley Ford Cheese Co.
08/17/2012
- San Francisco Chronicle
Like several of her cheese-making neighbors in West Marin, Karen Bianchi-Moreda traces her roots to the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland ... more
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Cottage Cheese Gets A High-End, Artisanal Makeover
07/12/2012
- MSNBC
Artisanal cottage cheese? The phrase trips off the tongue much the way "organic corn dog" or "hand-crafted diet soda" might ... more
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Spring Brook Farm Adds Tarentaise To Offerings
06/17/2012
- San Francisco Chronicle
Spring Brook Farm is a 640-acre Vermont dairy farm with a mission: to provide an enriching rural experience for inner-city children ... more
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Fat Bottom Girl's Quirk Becomes A Virtue
06/03/2012
- San Francisco Chronicle
Christened Fat Bottom Girl, after a Queen song, a 2-pound wheel of this aged sheep's milk cheese is now intentionally wider at the base. It gives Doughty a story to tell ... more
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Mellow Capriole's Julianna Infused With Herbs
05/06/2012
- San Francisco Chronicle
If you enjoy Brind'Amour or Fleur du Maquis, the Corsican sheep's milk wheels coated with dried herbs, you will surely admire Capriole's Julianna ... more
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