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The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills Celebrates American Cheese Month With The Fabulous Beekman Boys From The Cooking Channel
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is celebrating the third annual American Cheese Month with an in-store appearance by Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, the makers of Beekman 1802 Blaak goat/cow blend cheese, who star in “The Fabulous Beekman Boys” on The Cooking Channel. The tasting will take place Tuesday, October 29, 2013, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Reservations are not necessary.
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is known for fostering producers of artisanal foods, including American artisanal cheeses. Norbert Wabnig, the founder of The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, says, “Every year we discover new cheeses worthy of presenting to our discerning clientele. The American artisanal cheese movement is growing and we're excited to have been selected as the exclusive retailer on the west coast to have Beekman 1802 Blaak, which is produced in limited quantities, with the milk from Josh and Brent's own goat herd.”
According to Tony Princiotta, general manager and buyer at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, “The American artisanal cheese making traditions come from Europe. But American cheeses we've discovered over the last decade, like Hook's 15 year Aged Cheddar and Cypress Grove's Humboldt Fog, have become award winning in their own right and have grown up and left the old world behind.”
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Artisanal foods are made by hand, in small batches. A long time supporter of the artisanal effort, Wabnig created an award, The American Artisanal Treasure Awards (AATA), nine years ago, to honor the makers of artisanal cheese and gourmet foodstuffs. Both Hooks and Humboldt Fog are previous recipients of the AATA.
Some of the Cheese Store of Beverly Hills' current favorite American artisanal cheeses include:
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Andante Dairy: Acapella, Goat, Petaluma, CA
Andante Dairy: Etude, Goat, Petaluma, CA
Beekman 1802: Beekman 1802 Blaak, Goat, Sharon Springs, NY
Bleating Heart: Fat Bottom Girl, Raw Sheep, Tomales, CA
Bohemian Creamery: BoDacious, Goat, Sebastopol, CA
Cypress Grove: Truffle Tremor, Goat, Arcata, CA
Cypress Grove: Humboldt Fog, Goat, Arcata, CA
Central Coast Creamery: Sea Scape, Cow-Goat Blend, Paso Robles, CA
Fiscalini: Vintage Bandage Wrapped Cheddar, Cow, Modesto, CA
Franklin's Cheese: Teleme, Cow, Los Banos, CA
Hooks' Cheese Company: Twelve Year Sharp Cheddar, Cow, Mineral Point, WI
Hooks' Cheese Company: Fifteen Year Sharp Cheddar, Cow, Mineral Point, WI
Point Reyes: Bay Blue, Cow, Point Reyes, CA
Point Reyes: Baby Toma, Cow, Point Reyes, CA
Rogue River Creamery: Rogue River Blue, Cow, Central Point, OR
Rogue River Creamery: Oregonzola, Cow, Central Point, OR
About The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
Founded by Norbert Wabnig in 1978, The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills features hundreds of rare and hard to find European cheeses, a large selection of the best American Artisanal cheeses, carefully selected food-friendly wines, and an array of gourmet foodstuffs, many by local purveyors. Norbert Wabnig and The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills are featured regularly in the media, including shows on the Food Network and BRAVO networks. MSN Travel named The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills to their Top Cheese Shops in the Country list in 2013. Store events include monthly, regionally-themed, tastings.
About American Cheese Month
The American Cheese Society designated October as American Cheese Month in 2010 in order to generate enthusiasm for American artisan, farmstead, and specialty cheeses.
About The Beekman Boys and Beekman 1802 Blaak
Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell are the founders of Beekman 1802, a TV Show, Mercantile, bestselling cookbook and memoir, website and tourism destination all inspired by the Beekman 1802 Farm in Sharon Springs, NY. In 2012, the duo competed and won the grand prize in CBS’s The Amazing Race.
Beekman 1802 Blaak is an artisanal cheese produced from the goats at Beekman Farm, made during the months of March through October. Blaak (which means burnt in Dutch) is an Italian-style semi-hard cheese made from a 60:40 mix of goat and cow milk giving the cheese a mild but distinctive flavor. In keeping with traditional cheesemaking practices, this rare cheese is aged in caves for 3 months and coated with ash at each turning to promote the ripening of the wheel. The resulting edible black rind gives the cheese its name.
