Cheese of the month

The cheese of the month for December 2022 is: Kjerringklump from Hindrum Gårdsysteri in Trøndelag, Norway

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After the Munkeby in November, here is Norway again, but quite different from Cistercian brother Joël’s intensely aromatic, soft cheese. That referred to the traditions of the order in France, while Frode Hindrum and Liese Mathiesen take their inspiration from the „wide world“ and then adapt it to Norwegian conditions on Frode’s family’s old farm. The Cheddar cheeses of the English-speaking world have a particular appeal to them, and so the Kjerringklump was born. » Weiterlesen…

The cheese of the month for November 2022 is: Munkeby from Trøndelag in Norway

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You can think what you like about the Church. However, there is no denying that it has had a decisive influence on our culture, and this is particularly true of cheese. The medieval order of the Cistercians, named after the monastery in Cîteaux in Burgundy, is entirely focused on reading, praying and making a living and always founded branches where it was most remote and difficult, among others in Brandenburg in the 13th century. Even more extreme: Munkeby. » Weiterlesen…

The cheese of the month for October 2022 is: Coperthwaite from Churchtown Dairy, Hudson/NY

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Rockefeller money, a star architect who specialises in old estates on Martha’s Vineyard, a holiday destination for the rich and chic, and anthroposophical ideals – all of this doesn’t necessarily sound like a good prerequisite for cheese with character and flavour. So I had my doubts when friends recently told me about Churchtown Dairy in Hudson, a two-hour drive north of New York City and just under three west of Boston. » Weiterlesen…

The cheese of the month for September 2022 is: Schafblues from Milchschafhof Pimpinelle, Quappendorf/Brandenburg

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The Pimpinelle dairy sheep farm lies under the wide sky of the Oderbruch, directly on a large river bend of the old Oder. We live there with our animals. In addition to our flock of Krainer Stein sheep, there are our herding dogs Ebba and Mio and our farm cat Fiete.
This is how the Pimpinelles, as I call Amelie and Franziska Wetzlar because of the beautiful name of their farm, introduce themselves on their website. I have been following their development for a long time, full of admiration for their commitment, their determination, their enthusiasm – and all the hard work with which they have developed their originally rather dilapidated farm in Quappendorf into a real gem since the beginnings in 2010. » Weiterlesen…

The cheese of the month for August 2022 is: Cornish Yarg from Lynher Dairies in Ponsanooth/Cornwall

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My August cheese offering is one for the holidays. One that tastes of long walks along the beach and the beautiful rolling green hills behind, in Cornwall, in the utmost southwest of the British isle. Believe it or not, I did spend three full days there, with nothing else in my diary then „Holidays“. Well, yes, I did check out the cheese counters (and there was a cool wine bar cum shop ;) – therefore: Cornish Yarg. » Weiterlesen…