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Pont L'Evenque Comes from: cows (and real rennet) Purchased at: Whole Foods $19.99/lb Gran Queso Comes from: cows Puchased at: W...

Whole Foods was out of the Delice de Bourgogne, was the real problem with today.  Still and all I persevered. Brie Lepetit Comes from: co...

Tomme des Bois Noirs Comes from: goats Purchased at: Whole Foods $16.99/lb (on sale) Nom nom nom. Taleggio Comes from: cows Purchas...

Robiola Bosina Comes from: cows and sheep Purchased at: Whole Foods $29.99/lb I'm not exactly sure what to say about this cheese.  ...

Oh, friends.  Friends, I have disappeared again.  I disappeared, because I was (and remain) On A Diet, and there are so few diets out there ...

Castelli Mountain Gorgonzola Comes from: cows Purchased at: Rouses $15.69/lb I'm on an away rotation right now which keeps me out of my ...

Polder Blanc Goat Gouda Comes from: goats Purchased at: Rouses $? but not very expensive God, I love goat cheese. Especially goat gouda. I...

Fleurs de France: (Joan of Arc?) Brie with Herbs Comes from: cows Purchased at: Rouses $12.99/lb What's interesting about this cheese is...

Port Salut Comes from: cows $11.99/lb Meh. Bland. Pecorino Romano Comes from: cows $14.99/lb I love pecorino, because it is the saltiest of...

Crave Brothers Les Frères Comes from: cows Purchased at: Whole Foods $12.99/lb (Okay, that is pretty much impossible. Yet the only photo I ...

Tomme de Espelette Comes from: sheep Purchased at: Whole Foods $21.99/lb The internet helpfully tells me that "tomme" is just a ge...

Hudson Valley Camembert Comes from: sheep Purchased at: Whole Foods $19.99/lb God, I love camembert. More importantly, I love this camember...

Clothbound Cheddar Grafton Village Comes from: cows (raw) Purchased at: Whole Foods $24.99/lb So the thing is, even though I don't love ...

I have no idea what cheese this is. Oh, hai. (Clearly I just wanted to use that title.) Soooo it's been a while, eh? In that my last pu...

Mitica Clara Raw Goat Cheese Comes from: goats Puchased at: Whole Foods $24.99/lb I think the answer is, I like ash. Ash! Who knew? But t...

(Henri Willig) Polder Gold (Polder Blanc) Dutch Goat Gouda Comes from: goats Purchased at: Rouse's $13.67/lb The problem with working ni...

Président ® 7 oz Plain Foil Brie Wedge [no, seriously, that's what the website calls it] Comes from: cows Purchased at: Wal-Mart $3.98...

Deerfield Farms Mild Cheddar Comes from: cows, presumably Purchased at: Walgreens, the 24-hour one $.59 each, or two for $1 Part of a well-b...

Serena! Look! There is a cheese named for you! Cheese-blog! Look! I am back! For a little while! For this post, specifically! I HAVE ...

Meadow Creek Mountaineer Comes from: cows Purchased at: Whole Foods $14.99/lb Herve Mons Le Chartreux Comes from: cows Purchased at: Whole F...

WaWa Cheddar Comes from: cows, probably $3.99/10 oz Purchased at: WaWa, 'natch Pecorino Tartufello Comes from: sheep $29.99/lb Purchased...

(God, I've been reading "pasteurized" for "pastured" this whole time.) Calkins Creamery Pastured Paulin Comes from: ...

Old Chatham Nancy Camembert Comes from: sheep *and* cows Purchased at: Whole Foods $19.99/lb You know, I may not know the difference between...

Aged Reserva Mahon Comes from: cows Purchased at: Whole Foods $14.99/lb So I've reviewed mahon before in this space, but I have a terrib...

Greek Manouri Comes from: sheep and goats Purchased at: Whole Foods $12.99/lb This cheese is tough to describe. It tastes a whole lot like ...

I would like to dedicate a post to the two cheeses I enjoyed in New Orleans as part of my healthy and balanced Whole Foods-based dinners on ...

So I don't have pictures of either of these cheeses, because I sort of brought them along to school and ate them with my Healthyman cafe...

Gorgonzola Dolce Comes from: cows Purchased at: Whole Foods $10.99/lb Oh god this cheese is so fucking good. It's soft and melty, almost...

Brabander Comes from: cows Purchased at: Fair Foods Farmstand $21/lb This is a pretty good cheese; the man at the stand described it to me a...

Unfortunately, I have already disposed of the labels, and also most of the cheese, so this won't be much of a review. That said... Cloc...

Oregon Rogue Blue Comes from: cows Purchased at: Whole Foods $21.99/lb Hi. I am a pretty good blue cheese.

title text : the mystery of the exotic produce And since this blog reads more or less as an extended ad for Whole Foods, well. Here is good...