Friday, May 1, 2009

My Birthday, My Dream Cheese Plate

Cashel Blue -- Made by the Grubb family in Tipperary, Ireland, this mild, creamy ivory-colored cows milk cheese is laced with powdery blue veins.

Delice de Pommard -- This ball shaped triple creme goat cheese from Burgundy is rolled in mustard seed. The perfect tangy/rich combination.

Humboldt Fog -- Native to Arcata, California, this elegant, soft, creamy goat cheese has a ribbon of vegetable ash along its center and a coating of ash under its exterior to give it a cake-like appearance.

Epoisse -- Extremely pungent (in fact, wikipedia says it has been banned on the French Metro), this unpasteurized cows milk cheese has a rind washed in marc de Bourgogne (local brandy) and is sold in a circular wooden box. A favourite of Napoleon and Brillat-Savarin, who called it the "king of all cheeses." Need I say more.

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