TIP OF THE DAY: Mix Your Own Fruit Yogurt

We were excited to receive a shipment of all the flavors of Smucker’s premium line of preserves, Orchard’s Finest. We reached for the blueberry preserves—we rarely see a jar of blueberry preserves or jam—and ate it from the spoon. It was a bit too sweet to mainline, but we grabbed a carton of plain Greek…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Your Best Cheese Plate Passion

Our favorite cheese course: four different goat cheeses. Photo courtesy Payard.com.   What’s your cheese passion? Are you singing the blues? Do you clamor for Cheddar? Do you pine for Parmigiano-Reggiano? We have a passion for goat cheese (chèvre). While variety may be the spice of life, nothing makes us happier at the dinner table…
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What Is Quark Cheese? A Creamy, Slightly Tart Fresh Cheese

[1] Quark can be eaten like yogurt or used as a bread spread and in recipes (photo © Vermont Creamery). [2] Pancakes with savory garnish: Quark cheese and marinated cherry tomatoes. Here’s the recipe (photos #2, #4, #5, and #8 © Wisconsin Cheese). [3] American style, creamy quark from Vermont Creamery (photo by Claire Freierman…
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