Friday, August 17, 2007

My Cheese, My People


Cheap Girl, our favorite neighborhood artist, reminded us about Cowgirl Creamery's cheese library. As a cheese eater with a library degree, I have a somewhat prurient interest in this library of cheese.

We live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Actually, I take that back: we live in San Francisco. I'll specify so you don't think we live in Tiburon or Pittsburg (shiver).


Finally out here, I feel as if I've found my food people. Every other place I've lived, I have been the most obnoxiously picky food person in town. Here we have cheese counters where you can samples dozens before making a purchase. There's even one (in Berkeley) where you have to queue up and get a ticket.

My favorite cheese is Vermont Shepherd, and I never would have found it had the cheese educator at Cowgirl not given me seven free samples before I found this, the most perfect cheese ever, which is only made from May through October when sheep graze on minty clover.

2 comments:

cat said...

Did someone say clover?!

colleen said...

Indeed.

In fact, one of these days, I'll dine on clover-scented cheese while writing out a clover-embossed Mrs John Strong note card and considering my next wishbone clover post, AND MY HEAD WILL EXPLODE.