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What’s Your Favorite Cheese?

I love cheese – all kinds of cheese (unless it’s runny).

I’m staying at the Orchard Garden Hotel in San Francisco this week. On their room service menu, there’s an “American Farmstead Cheese Selection.” I could have ordered each one individually, but opted for the full-on cheese tasting platter. Who could resist?! Sure, maybe the lactose intolerant…

Still(ton), I enjoyed:

  • Humbolt Fog, Cypress Grove / Arcata, CA – Elegant soft ripened goat’s milk cheese. It has a creamy, luscious texture with a subtle tangy flavor. Each wheel contains a ribbon of edible vegetable ash along its center.
  • Tamula Tomme, Juniper Grove / Redmond, OR – Raw goat’s milk cheese with a washed rind that has been aged 2 to 4 months. Semi-firm texture, creamy interior, and a slightly nutty flavor.
  • Great Hill Blue, Great Hill / Marion, MA – Blue cheese made from raw cow’s milk. This cheese is aged 6 months (as opposed to the 2 or 3 month aging period of other blue cheeses), creating a round, robust flavor without the intense acidic finish of other blues.
  • Green Hill, Sweet Grass Dairy / Thomasville, GA – Jersey cow’s milk cheese with a buttery taste and soft, creamy texture. Jersey cows are grass fed and developed just for Sweet Grass Dairy, causing the color of the cow’s milk to be bright yellow from the higher butterfat composition and pleasantly acidic with a very sleek finish.

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28 Comments

Hiya,
Curiosity led me to know about the eco-friendly hotel you’re staying @. didn’t know and it’s great info for when the next conference [2011] is in SF… :) Thanks… :)

Love the cheese video… Now I totally want some… :)

Maizzy

My favorite kind of cheese is Smoked Chedder, me and my dad used to get all different kinds when I was younger it is amazing stuff.

I used to work in a family Mexican restaurant. Queso Fresco and Queso Blanco, the mexican crumbly cheese, is really the secret to making hispanic cuisine at home taste great. It’s really easy to find but often forgotten in favor of that lousy bagged seasoned cheese. That and oregano in your salsa (Shh, its a secret!).

Wow. You’re incredibly lucky – Cheese and Macworld. I can’t think of anything better :)

Everyone here NEEDS to try mimolette (mee-moh-lay) cheese. It is by FAR my favorite cheese.

I really only like Cheddar cheese! Not a big fan of other cheese’s though! Ha I love making a Grilled Cheese Sandwich! With a bit of ham and tomato you have such a good time with it! Ha lol!

Thanks

Seth

Love the vid! Since I grew up in Wisconsin and lived in France, I love cheese of all kinds without reason or restraint. Tomme – yum.

MAYTAG makes the best bule cheese, next time you go home to Iowa ,try some .

Humboldt Fog is easily one of my favorites. I’m also a big fan of Fromage du Savoie (washed rind, fairly stinky but delicious), Shelburne Farmhouse Cheddar (aged 2 yrs). I also love some Iowa cheese like Rufus’ Reserve, Maytag Blue, Dairy Air Goat’s Milk Brie, etc.

I also love more exotic cheeses like Roaring Forties Blue (Australia). If you like blue cheese, try some!

Chris, if you’re really into cheese, pick up the Steven Jenkins Cheese Primer (http://tinyurl.com/8n4qns). It’s a great, in-depth guide to all things cheese from certified cheesemonger Steven Jenkins.

I used to be a cheese lover. I had cheese with everything but I can’t eat it anymore because I developed an allergy to milk products. That cheese plate, no matter how delicious, would kill me.

Enjoy your cheese and Macworld.

I think mozarella and edamers good, but everyones tasted them. There was another cheese I tried once, Im not sure if it was called rinfler, grindler, crimbler- anyway something, but it was one of the best cheese Ive ever tasted.

HAVARTTI CHEESE. its form Sweden but doesnt taste sweet lol.

cheese what they can give you almost evrey kind of cheese but no internet!!!! whats wrong with what this hotel has to offer

five words….melted brie and frozen grapes …..

I like provolone cheese its the best cheese on pizza and great as grilled cheese.

Hello,

I am trying to determine what beverage you are using to cleanse your palate. It appears to be a bottle of San Pellegrino, is that correct?

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Aryeh Goretsky

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Whole Foods sells an almond-based cheese substitute made by Lisanetti that I really like (mostly for health reasons).

I like a nice brie on a baguette or a big chunk of fresh mozzarella with basil and cherry tomatoes. And let’s not forget parmigiana-reggiano, one of the kings of cheeses! :-)

What I love most about my job is that I’ve had Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam so many times I’m actually bored with it :-P

i’m allergic to it!

Go to any Trader Joe’s and buy their imported Brie, the softer the better. Good stuff at a reasonable price. I like Dubliner also.

I’ve had Maytag Blue, and was impressed.

For whatever reason, Wisconsin cheeses you buy from cheese shops in that state are wonderful, but I can’t name specific brands or types (was there a year ago).

Tillamook cheeses from Tillamook Oregon, a really great place to stay for a week or two. Visit the air museum including the UFO blimp.
Locatel cheese is shaken on to pizza to soak up the oil from pepperoni and thin tomato sauce. Which brings us to fresh (make it yourself in 10 minutes) mozzerella for parmesean dishes.
Provolone is a requirement for a good roast beef sub. Be sure to use black pepper to bring out it’s true earthy flavor.

Goat Gouda, far and away. Beats cow cheese hands down. Melt it on a slice of sourdough with a slather of Dijon and you’re nirvana-bound.

Goat Gouda, far and away. Beats cow cheese hands down. Melt it on a slice of sourdough with a slather of Dijon and you’re nirvana-bound.

I love most all cheeses. Cheddar, Edam, Gouda, Yellow American, Swiss cheese, and Mozzarella.

La Roule Herb Cheese is fantastic! Great on toasted baguette and equally as good on a grilled steak.

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