13 Cheeses Everyone Should Know The Cheesemonger | The Kitchn - http://www.thekitchn.com/13-chee...
Feb 29, 2012
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"Thanks to my shamefully pathetic memory, I quickly forgot all of what I saw on the Serious Eats list and promptly started my own. It took all of two minutes to compile. And I sat and thought, and thought and thought, and I felt pretty happy with what I came up with; I truly can rattle off my 13 top favorites quite quickly. After looking back at the Serious Eats list, there was only one style of cheese that I think I missed on the list, and that'd be some sort of bloomy-rinded, brie-style cheese. Whoops.
Think of this as a sort of CliffsNotes, a starting point for where to begin if you want to learn more about cheese. It's what I'd consider my desert island cheese list, that is, the not-to-be-missed essentials. (Though a desert island with a whopping selection of 13 cheeses sounds like anything but a desperate situation.)
And take the list with a grain of salt. It's my for-what-it's-worth compilation of favorites after seven years of working with cheese. They're some of the cheeses that have blown my mind, and others that I just find essential to understand the varied span of styles that cheesemaking can cover.
Realize, also, that this list is terribly subjective. But I have good taste, swear. Some are general styles—like Farmhouse Cheddar, or Fresh Goat Cheese—and some are specific cheeses that deserve their own mention."
- John (bird whisperer)
CHEESE
- John (bird whisperer)
Though I actually like the Serious Eats list better: http://www.seriouseats.com/2011...
- John (bird whisperer)
OMG.
- Derrick
I <3 Cheese.
- SAM
CHEEEEEEESE.
- Jennifer Dittrich
*wallace hands*
- holly #ravingfangirl
*cries* I'm such a deprived child! :-P
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
No Wensleydale? :-( (I've even got the accent sorted!)
- Heleninstitches #teamff
Yeah, Wensleydale deserves to be on a list.
- John (bird whisperer)
I like that Cotija is on the second link you included. It's good!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
I don't think I've had that.
- John (bird whisperer)
Cheeeeeeeeeeese
- Soup in a TARDIS
Y'know, given the artisanal cheeses on the list, I coulda' guessed "this person lives on the East Coast" long before I got to the byline.
- walt crawford
Maybe so since there are some from Vermont. They're all available by mail order, though.
- John (bird whisperer)
I was thinking more the complete lack of anything from the western two-thirds of the US. Y'know, 'cuz California and Oregon don't produce any distinctive cheeses...
- walt crawford
:)
- holly #ravingfangirl
I don't care what kind it is, if it's cheese, I love it.
- Mary Carmen
I particularly like the soft cheeses. :)
- edythe
*Bump for cheese day.* :-)
- John (bird whisperer)
Cheese is the bee's knees...
- Son of Groucho
OH CHEEEEEESE ... <3
- Sepi ⌘ سپی
CHEESE
- John (bird whisperer)