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

VALENÇAY (Centre, France · Goat-P)   

Petite pyramid of creamy chèvre dusted with wood ash—lemony and lightly piquant   $8½

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   

LA TUR (Piedmont, Italy · Goat, Sheep & Cow-P)   

Carefully whipped blend of three milks, shaped like a cupcake and heavenly as a cloud   $9

BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Normandy, France · Cow-R)   

Cream-infused pillow that dissolves, instantly, into a flood of salt, cream and delicate mushroom   $7½

BREBISROUSSE D'ARGENTAL (Argental, France · Sheep-P)   

Funky orange sheep’s milk brie oozes creaminess and a fruity finish   $7½

STINKY

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

LANGRES (Champagne-Ardenne, France · Cow-P)   

Small dome of farm fresh cream brushed daily with Marc de Champagne—luscious goodness   $7½

TWIN MAPLE FARMS HUDSON RED (Ghent, NY · Cow-R)   

New cheese from the Hudson River Valley: squidgy wheel that’s simultaneously sweet and salty   $8½

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

DARÙ (County Tipperary, Ireland · Cow-P)   

Irish farmhouse cheese: golden yellow butter, sweet grass & natural rind   $8

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

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

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

COMTÉ MEUNIER 18 MONTH (Franche-Comté, France · Cow-R)   

Dense and toothsome, with a round eggy flavor ranging from caramelized onion to dark chocolate   $7½

RACY

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

BAYLEY HAZEN BLUE (Greensboro, VT · Cow-R)   

Fudgey complexity: sweet cream, licorice and nuts—the Stilton of the Northeast   $7½

LA PERAL (Asturias, Spain · Cow & Sheep-P)   

The pungency of a washed rind and the mineral richness of a good blue: use fork, not fingers   $7