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What is the Difference Between Chèvre and Goat Cheese?

July 11, 2018November 11, 2018 CheeseAdminCheese Education

“Where’s your goat cheese?” I answer this question at least three times a day at work; my response is usually not immediately helpful to the person asking. “Here is our goat cheese section in the[…]

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Why You’ve Gotta Try Garrotxa

March 14, 2018 CheeseAdminCheese of the Week

It’s the cheese that nobody knows how to pronounce in our goat cheese section. How do you even ask a question in English about a cheese that ends with “txa”? First of all, I recommend[…]

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Rivers Edge in the House

May 12, 2017May 13, 2017 CheeseAdminCheese of the Week

You know it’s a good day when a Rivers Edge Chèvre shipment arrives. True Love, Up in Smoke, Peony, Sunset Bay, and Pave Yaquina Bay all make my case happy. This is not just because[…]

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Spring Cheeses: What They Are and Why You Should be Eating Them Now

April 18, 2017 CheeseAdminCheese Education

I’ve written briefly in the past about summer- and winter-milk cheeses—wherein two wheels of the same type of cheese will look and taste differently because of what the animal was eating during the time of[…]

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A Couple of Reasons to Try Coupole

February 17, 2017 CheeseAdminCheese of the Week

Let me tell you something about my current Cheese of the Week, Vermont Creamery’s Coupole. This petite little brain of a cheese comes in a neat little wooden crate, its delicate exterior protected to a[…]

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Cow, Sheep, Goat: What’s in a Milk?

February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 CheeseAdminCheese Education

Milk is milk, is milk, right? Well, no. All milk serves the same basic purpose of nourishing a mammal’s young, but how that milk accomplishes its goal is different for each animal. Cheeses made from[…]

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