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CYPRESS GROVE CHEVRE, INC.
Humboldt Fog
IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE MARY KEEHN LAUNCHED HUMBOLDT FOG,
the mild, creamy and visually striking cheese that introduced American
consumers to artisanal goat cheese and propelled Cypress Grove Chevre to
the top tier of California's sustainable food industry.
For Keehn, the sofi recognition is exciting, because "Humboldt Fog is
such a mainstay in what we do," she says. "That it is still relevant to people
in their everyday cheese eating was so important."
Humboldt Fog is more than just an iconic American food. It was identified by
Metropolitan Home as one of the top 100 designs in the world, an honor that still thrills its
creator ten years later. "They celebrated the cheese as a piece of design, and food as art,"
Keehn says. "You can eat anything but you might as well have something that is beautiful
and tastes good."
Keehn views her work, and the cheeses she creates on the recently expanded dairy and
creamery she runs in Northern California's Humboldt County, as an art form. "You can be
a bricklayer or you can be building a cathedral, so why not build the cathedral?" she says.
"Your mindset affects how your work turns out." Suggested retail price: $25/pound. Contact:
Janne Rasmussen, Cypress Grove Chevre, Inc.; 707.825.1100; janne@cypressgrovechevre.
com; cypressgrovechevre.com.—C.C.
➊ BELLWETHER FARMS
Crème Fraîche
Contact: Diana Callahan
707.763.0993
bfcheese@pacbell.net
bellwetherfarms.com
➋ BRASWELL FOOD
COMPANY
Braswell's Select All Natural
Red Pepper Jelly
Contact: Chris McMahon
912.764.6191; 912.212.2900
chris@braswells.com
braswells.com
S10 ❘ SPECIALTY FOOD MAGAZINE
specialtyfood.com
➌ CACKALACKY, INC.
Cackalacky Spice Sauce
Contact: Page Skelton
919.967.4992;
919.923.3190
page@cackalacky.com
cackalacky.com
➍ THE GREAT SAN SABA
RIVER PECAN COMPANY
Peach, Pecan & Amaretto
Preserves
Contact: Larry J. Newkirk
325.372.6078
larry@greatpecans.com;
gssrpc@centex.net
greatpecans.com
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