Jada here, all refreshed from a weekend cheese-hunting in Vermont. I met Mike Putman at Thistle Hill Dairy, and after a very interesting tour involving meeting some contented cows, I purchased some Tarentaise, a complex and fabulous Gruyere-style natural rind raw cow milk cheese. It won first place from the American Cheese Society last year, and with good reason. It’s nutty, sweet and grassy, with a fully realized idiosyncratic flavor of its’ own. Come try it!
Also, try the new Neal’s Yard Dairy cheese Glenn just ordered - Berkswell, a raw sheep’s milk cheese. Both sophisticated and delicious, as we have come to expect from all Neal’s Yard Dairy selections.
Now that the holidays are rapidly approaching, Fort Cheese at Provisions has decided to offer a lovely and quick-to-pick-up assortment of local cheeses. Our Hudson Valley Cheese Plate To Go offers Old Chatham Camembert, Tilset from Brovetto Dairy in Harpersfield, N.Y. and Kunik Tripple Cream and Honey Lavender Fromage Blanc from Nettle Meadow Farm in Warrensburg, N.Y. It’s local, delicious and convenient. Done.
Come see us anytime, we love cheese talk!
