After giving them a bit of a hard time, while heavily praising their St. Maure goat cheese, I had to amend that post regarding a one-week-60%- price-increase from $5 to $8. In what I’m guessing was a hard-knocks lesson in supply and demand, a couple weeks later their pricing was back down to $5. [note: I heard from the farmer … Read More
Smoky Valley Goat Cheese – St. Maure
I’m starting to find it charming how small producers of food stuffs often could use a hand in the marketing department. Smoky Valley Goat Cheese lacks a slick veneer of branding, and their website’s lovely description of their St. Maure seems to come directly from another website. Their sales pitch at their new place at the City Market Downtown needs … Read More
Avalon Dairy’s Whipping Cream
This photo is for a friend [you know who you are] who has been searching for a heavy cream that contains only cream [see ingredient list on the bottom of the cap]. He’s long held that whipping creams at supergrocers tend to have other ingredients in them – presumably stabilizers(?), etc. If you check the back of the carton, you’ll … Read More