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The Online Solution Center For SFA Members Only! A private, moderated environment exclusively for Association members and member candidates. Connect with other specialty food entrepeneurs on any topic on your own schedule. Accessing this benefit is easy—simply go to and use your specialtyfood.com credentials to log in. community.specialtyfood.com ASHED CHEESES TO KNOW H ere are some of the domestic and international offerings retailers will want to consider. Though one casualty of the FDA kerfuffle over ash is Carboncino from Italy's Caseificio dell'Alta Langa. For the U.S. the robiola- like cheese is now produced without its ashed rind, although the creamery has chosen to keep the name. IMPORTS Cinderella (Switzerland). New cow's milk cheese with ashed paste and rind; Cheddar-like texture. Couronne de Touraine (France). Small doughnut-shaped goat cheese with a Geotrichum rind. La Jeune Autize (France). Morbier-style goat cheese. Morbier (France). Classic cow's milk cheese with an ash line in the center. Nerina (Italy). Thin, broad goat's-milk disk with creamy interior. Sainte-Maure Cendré (Belgium). A Belgian rendition of the French goat log. Selles-sur-Cher (France). Small, dense-texture goat disk. Sottocenere (Italy). Large truffled cow's milk wheel with velvety gray rind. Valençay (France). Truncated pyramid from goat's milk. DOMESTIC Andante Dairy Acapella (California). Soft-ripened goat round or pyramid. Andante Dairy Cavatina (California). Soft-ripened goat log. Baetje Farms Bloomsdale (Missouri). Valençay-style farmstead goat pyramid. Bellwether Farms Blackstone (California). Aged cow-sheep wheel rubbed with oil, ash, rosemary, and pepper. Boxcarr Handmade Cheese Rocket's Robiola (North Carolina). Cow's milk square with a Geotrichum rind. Capriole Sofia (Indiana). Truncated farmstead goat pyramid with internal and external ash. Capriole Wabash Cannonball (Indiana). Half-dome–shaped farmstead goat cheese with a Geotrichum rind. Carr Valley Mobay (Wisconsin). Layers of goat and sheep cheese separated by ash. Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog (California). Bloomy-rind goat wheel with ashed exterior and center ash line. Kokoborrego Cheese Headwaters Tomme (Ohio). Morbier-style cow's milk cheese. Kokoborrego Cheese Morrow (Ohio). Small, thick farmstead sheep's milk square with a P. candidum rind. LaClare Farms Martone (Wisconsin). Small wheel with a P. candidum rind, from a blend of cow's and goat's milk. MouCo Ashley (Colorado). Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese. Ruggles Hill Alys's Eclipse (Massachusetts). Small bloomy-rind farmstead goat cheese. Sequatchie Cove Creamery Coppinger (Tennessee). Farmstead Morbier- style raw cow's milk wheel. Spring Brook Farm Ashbrook (Vermont). Morbier-style cow's milk wheel. Vermont Creamery Bonne Bouche (Vermont). Small Geotrichum-rinded goat disk. 50 ❘ SPECIALTY FOOD MAGAZINE specialtyfood.com cheese focus