Cheese For The Season

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BY CANDACE HIEBERT PHOTOGRAPHY BY DONG KIM

s small businesses and local economies shift and settle, we’re continuing to highlight and support our Canadian producers. Far from a sacrifice, it’s an exciting A opportunity to explore new flavours and takes on old favourites too!

Tiger Blue, BC -This powerful, richly veined blue from Poplar Grove Cheese, is creamy and salty. Eat out of hand with a luscious Alberta-made fruit wine.

Frère Jacques (lactose free), Quebec - A firm, mild cheese with a chewy texture, this could be the star of your next gourmet grilled cheese.

Fig And Walnut Wine Preserve, BC - Figs are blended with fortified walnut wine, from green walnuts grown onsite. Enjoy with sharp blue cheeses.

Salty Date & Almond Raincoast Crisps, BC - Sweet and salty crisps are the perfect vehicle for soft, rich cheeses. Try with Benedictine Blue or Ruckles.

Oxford Street Buffalo Gouda, Ontario -This buffalo milk Gouda is grassy, buttery, and slightly sweet. Try as an addition to a raclette party!

Wildly Mustard, Ontario - Add some zing to your next cheese/charcuterie board with this grainy artisanal mustard from the Wildly Delicious Preserve Co.

Benedictine Blue,Quebec - Creamy, sweet, with notes of forest and mushrooms, this blue tastes like a Canadian fall. Eat with pear or apple.

9-Year Old Cheddar (unpasteurized), Canada - Sharp and complex, this cheese makes an impact. Serve with fall fruit desserts - apple crumble or pear tart.

Ruckles, BC - Marinated in grapeseed oil and fresh garlic, rosemary, and thyme, this Salt Spring Island goat cheese is perfect spread on a hot, fresh baguette.

Spicy Wild Blueberry Jelly, Ontario - Sweet and spicy jelly from wild blueberries - delicious with any cheese or licked straight off the spoon!

Alpindon (unpasteurized), BC - A firm, mild cheese with earthy notes and creamy texture. Made on-farm, with milk from a single organic herd.

Monterey Jack Habanero with Cracked Black Pepper

Manitoba - Habanero with black pepper gives this semihard cheese a layered heat. Spice up your burger with this fiery Bothwell Cheese!

Many thanks to Springbank Cheese who provided this beautiful cheeseboard for photography.

Candace is passionate about food—eating it, making it, and writing about it—and is up to try any and all new culinary experiences, especially with friends.