Spreadably familiar- fresh creamy smooth Montrachet style rolls-soft ripened or aged- in harder rinds' slice worthy formats-or headlining spreads/yogurts/dips/gelato ...goat milk's distinct tangy mildness highlighted exhibitor offerings at the most recent Fancy Food Show.
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just get right to the point-no fancy consultants needed to conjure up this distributor's name...World's Best Cheeses |
What caught our eyeballs...
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BELLE CHEVRE (an Alabama creamery)=goat cheese nirvana-log rolls, flavored in light+creamy spreadable textures...and an amazingly delicious sweet vanilla lemon zest fresh goat cheese cheesecake $34.95-in a graham crust-airy- like NY cream cheesecake version versus the more heavier Italian ricotta style.
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Zingerman's Detroit ST Brick Cheese...goat cheese with Tellicherry Peppercorns in velvety mold...aged 2-5 weeks-crumbly and sliceable for grilled cheese potential-yummy-slight sweet- earthy flavor. An Ann Harbor, Michigan Creamery |
CYPRESS GROVE-one of the first USA -California cheese makers-really emerged as a tasteful powerhouse on cheese counters
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:-) tiny takeaway samples of these FRESH goat cheese 60's rock and roll named cheese-dutifully scooped up. Purple Haze, Mr. Natural, Sgt. Pepper etc.... |
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Danger Zone flavors off eaters heat seeking palate pleasers-with jalapeño, onion+garlic-salt+spices |
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Humboldt Fog-breakout much awarded goat cheese-put this creamery on East Coast cheese map of musts-in an edible vegetable ash-in a new dill tinged flavor. We have no idea what dill pollen is. |
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Vermont Creamery upped the flavors of its mild goat cheese rolls -with clover blossom honey (honey sourced from N. Dakota), blueberry lemon+thyme-(dried blueberries plus candied lemon peel and thyme) and smoked pepper jelly (subtle hickory smoke-w/ spiced jelly). |
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Flowers enveloped an original goat cheese |
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several flavors-herbs, dried fruits-raisins, papaya, black pepper, Italian truffle |
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chunks of dried sweet pineapple-nice offset to mild tangy goat cheese |
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COACH FARM new flavored cultured goat milk yogurt drinks---from the original leading lights of those handbags...launched a NY Columbia County farm that popularized goat milk cheese. Like cow's milk yogurt-these sips are loaded with probiotics, protein, and calcium. |
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FUNNY FARM by La Loo's- goat cheese flavored crunchy popcorn (cheese puffs, crackers+nachos)-gets some medium heat with Jalapeño pepper. Also makes a goat milk ice cream-La Loo's that we wrote up prior. |