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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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Cheese for the Win

June 11, 2020 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Everyone I talk to seems at loose ends right now. What’s the right thing to think, say, feel, do when your country is experiencing an emotional earthquake? Cheese seems trivial, perhaps, but to dairy farmers and cheesemakers it is not. It’s a livelihood. It’s the future for their land, their livestock, their families.

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In From: U.S. Tags Victory Cheese, World Central Kitchen, igourmet, Beehive Cheese, Jasper Hill Farm, FireFly Farm, Tulip Tree Creamery, Haystack Mountain Cheese, Valley Ford Cheese, Spring Brook Farm, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese, Central Coast Creamery, Vella Cheese Company, Shepherd’s Way Farms, LaClare Family Farm, Shooting Star Creamery, Milton Creamery, Goat Lady Dairy, Sweet Grass Dairy, Capriole Goat Cheese, Meadow Creek Dairy, 5 Spoke Creamery, Cascadia Creamery, Marieke Gouda, Grafton Village, Face Rock Creamery, Pennyroyal Farm, Maytag Blue, Nicasio Valley Cheese
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Six to Try Now

April 6, 2020 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Cheesemakers across the nation want to get their cheeses to you. Many are making it easier with discounts and deals—even waiving shipping fees in some cases. I’ve heard from some readers who saw my list [link here] and were moved to order, and I’ve heard from others who saw the list and couldn’t decide what to order. The cheeses most in need of a home are the fresh and lightly aged ones (think Camembert) that aren’t built to last. While you’re housebound, why not make your happy hours extra joyous with these six lovelies?

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In From: U.S. Tags quarantini hour, virtual happy hour, Alemar Cheese, Nicasio Valley Cheese, Jasper Hill Farm, Pennyroyal Farm, Anderson Valley, California cheese, Jacobs & Brichford, FireFly Farms, Beehive Cheese
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Ten Under $20

January 3, 2017 janet@janetfletcher.com
(l to r): Raschera, Taleggio, St. George, Campo de Montalban, Chevre in Blue

(l to r): Raschera, Taleggio, St. George, Campo de Montalban, Chevre in Blue

Yikes. Does your credit-card balance look like mine? I know January sends many of us into fits of austerity, but cutting back doesn’t have to mean cutting out. Keep eating cheese! I prowled my local cheese counters for tasty options under $20 a pound and had no trouble assembling a list of worthy contenders. These ten selections deliver amazing value and most of them are in shops year-round.

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In Milk: Cow, Milk: Goat, From: U.S., From: Portugal, From: Italy Tags Campo de Montalban, Castelinhos, Central Coast Creamery, Holey Cow, Matos Cheese Factory, St. George cheese, Montchevre, Chevre in blue, Nicasio Valley Cheese, Foggy Morning, Piave, Point Reyes Farmstead, Toma, Raschera, Taleggio, Vella Mezzo Seco, Vella cheese
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