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| Point Reyes Original Blue Dip & Dressing is better than we could make ourselves—even with an entire wedge of the cheese! Photo by Melody Lan | THE NIBBLE. |
| WHAT IT IS: A creamy, melt-in-your-mouth farmstead blue cheese from Marin County, California. |
| WHY IT’S DIFFERENT: An exceptional-quality cheese that has full, rich blue flavor without any of the sharpness that drives some people away from blue cheeses. |
| WHY WE LOVE IT: It dazzles the palate, whether in savory company with other cheeses, nuts and olives, or as a sweet dessert with peaches, pears and a glass of Sauternes or Port. |
| PURCHASE AT: PointReyesCheese.com |
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Point Reyes Original Blue:
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Blue Cheese Dip & Dressing
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Take A Dip: Original Blue Dip & Dressing
What happens when you take all that Original Blue goodness and turn it into a chunky blue cheese dip? You get a dip that blue cheese lovers will flip over, and even people who don’t like blue cheese may enjoy it (the non-blue lovers at our tasting were converted instantly).
The company’s second product, Original BlueDip and Dressing, has been selling exclusively at the Saturday San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market for the past two years (where we first discovered it). It is now available at specialty food stores nationwide, in 7-ounce containers. They say good things come in small packages. We can only advise: don’t buy just one, even on your first trial. Any true blue lover could happily eat one container as a first course.
The dip is loaded with large chunks of Original Blue. Whatever you like to dip—crudités, potato chips, pretzels, crackers, bread sticks or chicken wings—your experience will be significantly enhanced. Some of our favorite uses include:
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Instant Hors D’Oeuvres. Arrange endive leaves on tray. Add dip to the middle of the leaves. If you have time, add some color, like snipped chives or dots of roasted red pepper.
- Blue BLT. Hold the mayo and put the dip on a BLT. It’s a big improvement over the original!
- Blueburger. Better than trying to melt cheese on a burger, here’s the cheese and the condiment in one. There’s no need to add anything else: this is a dazzling dressing.
We could never be blue, surrounded by such wonderful blues.
—Karen Hochman
FORWARD THIS NIBBLE to anyone who loves cheese (which is almost everyone we know).
POinT REYES Farmstead Cheese COMPANY
Original Blue Cheese and Original Blue Dip
& Dressing
Certified kosher by Orthodox Rabbinical Council
of South Florida
Gluten Free
- Three 6-Ounces Wedges
$38.00
- Half Wheel (About 3 Pounds)
$58.00
- Whole Wheel (About 6.5 Pounds)
$100
- Point Reyes Original Blue Dip & Dressing
Two 7-Ounce Tubs
$10.00
- “The Blue Course” Cookbook
$10.00
- Gift Packs
Wedges With Other Foods
$43.00 to $46.00
To purchase online, visit
PointReyesCheese.com
or telephone 1.800.591.6878.
Point Reyes cheeses are available at specialty food stores including online stores, and at cheese shops nationwide, where smaller amounts can be purchased.
Prices and product availability are verified at publication but are subject to change.
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Above, 6-ounce wedges. Below, splendor in the grass (or at
least, in the hay): a full wheel, about 6.5 pounds of creamy
blue.
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More Favorite Cheese Books
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| The Cheese Primer, by Steve Jenkins (paperback). For 20 years, Steve Jenkins has led the way in upgrading the quality of cheese sold at fine food stores in the U.S. In this volume, he shares his encyclopedic knowledge. Jenkins tells all about cheesemaking at the commercial as well as the artistic level. The guide to pronunciation is particularly helpful. Passionately written, a must for every shelf. Click here for more information or to purchase. |
Grilled Cheese: 50 Recipes To Make You Melt, by Marlena Spieler (paperback). This is not your mother’s grilled cheese: fresh mozzarella and salty prosciutto are spread with sweet fig jam and enclosed within crisply toasted bread, roasted red pepper, sweet onion and paprika on a standard tuna melt, and goat cheese croutons for salads are just the beginning. Click here for more information or to purchase. |
The Cheese Course, by Janet Fletcher. It’s more than 4 hunks of cheese on a wooden board: learn how to prepare stunning and imaginative cheese courses that can be the highlight of an otherwise simple meal. The good news is, it’s relatively simple to do it—you don’t even have to know how to cook! This book is also a great gift for anyone who loves to entertain. Click here for more information or to purchase. |
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