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Domestic Goat Cheeses

1 CYPRESS GROVE HUMBOLDT FOG

PRICE: $40.00 per lb AGED: About 2 weeks

TASTING NOTES: This American original is instantly recognizable due to the thin layer of ash that runs through the cheese’s bright-white center. As it ages, the outer edges become lush and satiny, while the center remains firm and crumbly. It’s bright, floral, and creamy.

Mary Keehn founded her now-iconic creamery in 1983. Almost a decade later, while she was flying back from a trip to France, the idea of Humboldt Fog appeared to her in a dream. Keehn envisioned the thin layer of

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