Oddly enough, there was actually a great number of Australian cheeses in Minnesotan supermarkets. While this violates my “eat local foods” while travelling rule, this one—despite being quite commercial—stood out as unique because of its interesting flavorings.
Category: Travel
The cheese I ate in Minnesota
It was from Wisconsin. Although the cheese selection from Minnesota wasn’t wholly disappointing, it was certainly underwhelming. Most of the cheeses were from Wisconsin dairy, as explained in my post entitled “Not for all the cheese in Minnesota”. Notably there were some interesting cheeses from Australia that I had never seen before, but otherwise there […]
Not for all the cheese in Minnesota
I recently travelled to the Minneapolis area for a business trip and was kind of surprised to find that there really isn’t a lot of cheese made in Minnesota. However, it seems like, because Minnesota is so close to Wisconsin, they get most of their cheese from there. So, what does Minnesota produce? Minnesota is […]
Wagon Wheel from Cowgirl Creamery
A trip to Berkeley and San Francisco turns up Cowgirl Creamery’s Wagon Wheel, an everyday firm cow’s milk cheese.
Twig Farm North Stone at Formaggio Kitchen
A raw goat’s milk cheese from Vermont’s Twig Farm, picked up at Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge and eaten in a Harvard Square cafe.
Overseas cheese: Innes Log
A dense, unpasteurized goat’s milk log from Neal’s Yard Dairy in London, plus a look at two of its shops.
Going to London in August
A 2011 announcement: my first trip to London, and a request for cheese shop suggestions.