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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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That Slippery Slope to Cheese

June 11, 2024 janet@janetfletcher.com
Washed Rind Cheese

It’s not the first time I’ve heard that buying a pet goat was the prelude to owning a cheese business. Goats are adorable; we know that. But if you take home a pregnant goat, which is what India Loevner did on impulse (actually, she bought two), there is goat milk in your future. And probably more goats. A decade after Loevner introduced the prize-winning pair to her small Pennsylvania family farm, the herd numbers about 140 and the family’s cheese is racking up awards. The cheese pictured here is the breakout star, for good reason. Shave it with a plane and you’ll think you’ve never tasted a creamier cheese.

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In From: U.S., Milk: Cow, Milk: Goat Tags Goat Rodeo Dairy, India Loevner, washed rind cheese, mixed milk cheese, Pennsylvania cheese, Bamboozle, American Cheese Society
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