Cheese

Fresh and aged goat cheeses; other fresh cheeses

WESTFIELD FARM CAPRI (Hubbardston, MA · Goat-P)   

Eminently lemony and fresh, with custardy, fluffy texture   $6

QUESO LEONORA (Castille-Leon,  Spain · Goat-P)   

Elongated pyramid of snowy white Alpine goat’s milk: bursts of lemony yogurt   $7½

PICO PICADINE (Poitou, France · Goat-P)  
Light and bright goat’s milk tartlet with a languid ooze from the Garden of France   $7½

LUSCIOUS

Bloomy-rind (Brie and such) and semi-soft cheeses   

PRÉFERÉS DES MONTAGNES (Savoie, France · Cow-P)   

Liquid mountain butter! Flavors of freshly baked bread and roasted corn   $6

CREMEUX DE BOURGOGNE (Burgundy, France · Cow-P)   

Thick, whipped, mouthcoating paste, with a sweet, mellowness and clean, milky finish   $7

NETTLE MEADOW KUNIK (Warrensburg, NY · Goat & Cow-P)   

Packed with personality—unique triple-crème combining citrusy chèvre with creamy cow   $8½

STINKY

Washed-rind cheeses—the ones with “pronounced” aroma

VON TRAPP OMA (Waitsville, VT · Cow-R)
Squidgy, earthy tomme handcrafted by Vermont’s newest cheesemakers, the Von Trapp Brothers   $7½

JASPER HILL FARM WINNIMERE (Greensboro, VT · Cow-R)   

Spruce-bound disk bathed in handmade lambic makes a soft and squidgy smoky dream   $8

APPROACHABLE

Easy going and generally semi-hard cheeses of many sorts

CABRA AL VINO (Murcia, Spain · Goat-P)

Sweet and nutty purple-hued wheel, thanks to a three day bath in Monastrell    $6½

5 SPOKE CREAMERY TUMBLEWEED (Lancaster County, PA ·  Cow-R)  

A touch of fruitiness meets caramel, roasty notes of brown butter—it’s a little like cheese-heaven   $7

OSSAU VIELLE (Pyrenees-Aquitaine, France · Sheep-R)
Solid proof that sheep’s milk tommes reign supreme: full, fat, complex   $7½

STOIC

The big, hard cheeses (Parmigiano Reggiano, Comte, etc.)

TÊTE DE MOINE (Bern, Switzerland · Cow-R)    

Dense and seriously intense, fruity flavor, balanced by roasted nut aromas and brine washing   $7½

SPRING BROOK TARENTAISE (Reading, VT · Cow-R)    

With help from Farms For City Kids this Alpine inspiration is fulfilled: nutty, crystalline   $6½

CABOT CLOTHBOUND CHEDDAR (Greensboro, VT · Cow-P)   

America beats Britain at its own game. Crunchy palate pleasing layers of toffee and cooked fruit   $7½

RACY

Blue-veined cheeses (Stilton, Roquefort and the like)

BIRCHRUN BLUE (Chester Springs, PA · Cow-R)   

ASTURIAN BLUE (Asturias, Spain · Sheep-P)