Tag Archive | Cowgirl Creamery
Meet Janet Fletcher @ Cowgirl Creamery Washington DC March 25
Cowgirl Creamery is pleased to welcome Janet Fletcher, author of the brand-new guide, Cheese & Beer. Janet’s weekly cheese column for the San Francisco Chronicle has made her a nationally recognized cheese authority, and we’re the first store in the nation to have her beautiful new book. Come meet Janet at this private, walk-around tasting. […]
The Cheese Evangelist. An interview with Sarah Dvorak, of Mission Cheese. – Peter Prato
This past weekend I was in San Francisco at The Cheese School learning from fellow cheese-shop hopefuls and from the brilliant Steve Jones of The Cheese Bar. While in the bay I walked (and walked and walked to visit a umber of other shops, shops like Cowgirl, Bi-Rite, Gourmet & More… picking up ideas, meeting […]
Raclette cheese recalls a classic fondue
Do you raclette? It’s not something I’ve much experience with but what’s not to like about melted cheese? Excerpt: “When Cowgirl Creamery breaks out the raclette on weekends in San Francisco’s Ferry Building Marketplace, people float into the store almost trancelike. “They smell that aroma coming down the hall in the ferry building and they’re […]
Cowgirl Creamery’s founders blend traits – SFGate
This is an extensive feature on the founders of Cowgirl Creamery, a leading light in America’s artisan cheese movement. Cowgirl has been a constant inspiration for me. Written by Amanda Gold. “As the founders of Cowgirl Creamery, Conley and Smith have turned a small dairy business – a passion project, initially – into a multifaceted […]
31 Cheeses in 31 Days: Day Twenty-four: Mt. Tam
2012 American Cheese Month 31 Cheeses in 31 Days: Day Twenty-four: Mt. Tam Cheese: Mt. Tam Who: Cowgirl Creamery Website: Cowgirl Creamery Where: Pt. Reyes, California Milk Type: cow, pasteurized Texture: soft Rind: bloomy Shape: 10oz round Flavor: cream, fresh butter, slightly of sweet grass Multiple Award Winner Mt. Tam is now the signature cheese […]
31 Cheeses in 31 Days: Day Eight: Pierce Point
2012 American Cheese Month 31 Cheeses in 31 Days: Day Eight: Pierce Point Cheese: Pierce Point Who: Cowgirl Creamery Website: http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com Where: Pt. Reyes Station, California Milk Type: cow, pasteurized Texture: soft Rind: bloomy & herb coated Shape: 10oz round Flavor: very mildly nutty and herbaceous Cowgirl’s Pierce Point is pretty on the plate but […]
Meet Adam Smith of Cowgirl Creamery, Champion Cheesemonger in DC
Staring intently at a 20-something-year-old customer at Cowgirl Creamery in Penn Quarter, head cheesemonger Adam Smith winds up for a dance he’s done many times before. “Ma’am, what can I do for you today?” The woman says she’s planning a picnic. “Great. What kind of cheeses do you usually like?” As she offers a few […]
Artisanal cottage cheese?
The phrase trips off the tongue much the way “organic corn dog” or “hand-crafted diet soda” might. Because while cottage cheese has been a supermarket staple at least since your grandmother served it with pineapple slices, it retains a ho-hum image as a bland diet food. In the hierarchy of culinary esteem, it’s not too […]
