TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Honey Goat Cheese

At a recent trade show, we tasted hundreds and hundreds of products. Our favorite was honey goat cheese. Fresh goat cheese logs and tubs of honey goat cheese spread are available in supermarkets nationwide. Producers from Coach Farms to Montchevre make it. While these products mix honey into the milk during the production process, you…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Blueberry & Yogurt Parfait

When summer gives you affordable fresh blueberries, go all Bubba Gump on them and make every type of blueberry recipe you can think of: blintzes, cheesecakes, cobbler/crisps, coffee cakes/crumb cakes, cookies, fruit salads, ice cream, lemonade, pancakes, pies, preserves, muffins (try corn muffins or this blueberry muffin recipe), sauces, smoothies, sorbet, sundaes, tarts, trifles, whatever.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Flag For July 4th

Cheese flag photo courtesy Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co.   You can fly the flag on July 4th, and you can eat it too. This tasty flag was created by Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co., an award-winning creamery in Woodstock, Vermont. The creamery specializes in Cheddar, Edam, Tilsit and WindsorDale (based on a 1800 farmhouse Wensleydale recipe).…
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RECIPE: Tomato & Watermelon Salad With Ricotta Salata

Tomato and watermelon salad: delicious! (photo © McCormick). [2] Ricotta salata, a good “salad cheese.” There’s more about ricotta salata below(photo © Good Eggs).   It‘s not red, white and blue, but we can’t wait to serve this salad over July 4th weekend. It’s a riot of different flavors, accented with ricotta salata, a firm…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Fresh Goat Cheese

Fresh goat cheese is one of our favorite foods. We’re always looking for new ways to use it. Since it spreads and melts easily, that’s not hard to do. It’s called chèvre (SHEV) in French, which is the word for both the goat and its cheese. Bagels and sandwiches. Use goat cheese instead of cream…
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