Beecher’s Dutch Hollow Dulcet, New York

January 15, 2013

When you think about double-cream cheeses, bloomies probably come to mind, right? We’re fans of quite a few double-creams, such as Sweet Grass Dairy’s Green Hill and Vermont Butter & Cheese’s Cremont, and both are bloomies. But my mom brought along another double-cream in her Beecher’s goody bag when she visited last month, and there […]

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Vermont Butter & Cheese’s Torus

January 2, 2013

Happy new year, cheese lovers! Hope you’ve had a wonderful start to 2013 – hopefully with a glass of bubbly in hand. Colleen and I toasted the new year twice – once on Eastern time and again on Central – via Skype, and while it wasn’t the same as being together in person, it was […]

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Champagne Cheddar

December 28, 2012

Thanks to the name of our blog, we tend to get a common question this time of year: what cheeses pair best with Champagne? It’s no secret that we love bloomy rinds with sparkling wines, but we can usually find a few other cheeses to suggest as well. Our friends at Whole Foods took another […]

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Celebrate Cheesemas with Beecher’s Yule Käse

December 22, 2012

Even though only one half of the C+C duo celebrates Christmas (and I’m not that particular half), we both love Cheesemas and the special cheeses that appear in cheese cases this time of year. And lucky for me, Cheese Santa (aka my mom) arrived earlier this week from Seattle with a very special wedge – […]

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Buffalo Creek Creamery’s Stinging Nettle Cheese, Minnesota

December 4, 2012

To kick off the holiday season, what could be more appropriate than a cheese than looks like a Christmas tree? Well, not exactly a Christmas tree, but those stinging nettles on the surface certainly remind me of fallen pine needles, and I don’t even celebrate Christmas! In all seriousness, though, this is a serious cheese. […]

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World’s Best Blues {and World Cheese Award Results}

November 29, 2012

We’ve written almost exclusively about American made cheeses here on the blog this year, but now that the holiday season is here we’re going to intersperse a few selections from abroad to help round out your holiday cheese boards. (Not that you can’t continue to entertain with All-American selections, but the more the merrier.) And […]

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Six American Cheeses for Sharing on Thanksgiving

November 20, 2012

Thanksgiving is a day of bounty, when our tables groan with turkey, stuffing and more side dishes than you normally serve throughout an entire week. But you don’t often see cheese on a list of traditional Thanksgiving foods. Why not? There are plenty of autumnal beauties that are begging for a place at the Thanksgiving […]

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Virginia Cider Week: Now, with Cheese Pairings

November 15, 2012

Hard cider is the drink of fall, and here in Virginia the beverage is experiencing quite the revival. Virginia has long been a major producer of apples, and in recent years cidermakers have revived heirloom varieties that are ideal for hard cider — including Hewe’s Crab, a variety favored by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. […]

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Rush Creek Reserve, vintage 2012

November 8, 2012

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because it’s Rush Creek time, baby! An all-time C+C favorite, this very special cheese from Wisconsin’s Uplands Cheese Company is only available in the late fall and early winter, so we’re often counting down the days until the season’s Rush Creek hits the cheese shops. Colleen is […]

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Bonnyclabber Cheese Co. Needs You!

November 2, 2012

One of the things we love about the growing American cheese movement is the spirit of cooperation among cheesemakers, mongers and their fans. While you might expect there to be a healthy rivalry among the country’s top cheesemakers, in fact, they are always willing to give another a helping hand. Just one example — there […]

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