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Beekman 1802 Blaak Cheese

Filed under: Dining

It's easy to see why the first artisanal cheese produced from the goats from the Beekman Farm has been given the name Blaak. It wears an edible black rind of ash. The ash helps mellow the acidity and promote ripening. The result is an Italian-style semi-hard cheese made from a 60:40 mix of goat and cow milk. The blend combines the best of both worlds, the slight tang of goat cheese with the delectable creamy mouthfeel of cow's milk cheese. The cheese is aged four months in the Beekman 1802 caves and is coated with ash at each turning to promote the ripening of the wheel. It's available at various purveyors in New York including Murrays Cheese, Garden of Eden, Stinky Brooklyn and Marlow & Daughters or you can order it online for $45 for a 2-3 pound wheel.

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A Year In The Country Soaps, A Small Splurge

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Cosmetics and Fragrance

Soap is an essential but it can also be a way to pamper yourself in a relatively inexpensive way. The "A Year In The Country" box set of goat milk soaps is a set of 12 soaps that offer scents for each month. Pine, patchouli, orange, wildflowers, thyme, lavender and cinnamon are just some of the scents. The soaps are made from the milk of the contented Beekman goats of the Beekman Farm in New York. You may have seen Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, the talented men behind Beekman farm in the May issue of Vanity Fair. This small splurge will run you just $64.

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