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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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The Year’s Epic Cheeses

December 17, 2024 janet@janetfletcher.com

I try a lot of new cheeses over the course of a year, and it’s not hard to identify the standouts. They’re the ones I can’t wait to serve to guests in my home and introduce to guests in my classes. I want these cheeses to still be here next year, and the year after, and the year after that. All ten of these lovelies were new to me (but not necessarily new) and help convince me that we live in a Golden Age.

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Tags Capriolina, Funky Monk, Mystic Cheese, Blakesville Creamery, Limburger, Red
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Hall of Fame Name

March 5, 2024 janet@janetfletcher.com

On my short list of favorite cheese names, I would surely include Ewe Calf to be Kidding (a three-milk blue cheese from Hook’s in Wisconsin); Triple Play Extra Innings (another ménage à trois from Hooks, with extended aging); Bleu 1924 (a good back story); Moser Screamer (because it’s worth shouting about); and Mary dans les Étoiles (a loving tribute to a departed colleague). Wordplay aside, they’re all superb cheeses. So is the wedge pictured above, which I might have purchased for its name alone, but a sample in the shop sealed the deal.

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In From: Belgium, Milk: Cow Tags washed-rind cheese, Funky Monk, Belgian cheese, Van Tricht
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