St. Stephen

St. StephenSt. Stephen is a triple cream delight, luxuriously smooth with a fragrant hint of mushroom. This wonderfully creamy cow's milk cheese is crafted in Stephentown, New York, named for Stephen van Rensselaer III, the last patroon (feudal landowner) of what is now Rensselaer County. A benevolent yet accomplished man (elected to several New York State and federal government positions and founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), his landholdings at

gray rind with patches of yellow or red mold

and flavorful

A beautiful delicate little cheese that goes well with an almond and wildflower scented Arneis from the Piedmont

Although there are variations among the villages in the mountainous Haute-Savoie region of France along the Swiss border

Its flavor is slightly tangy with hints of crème fraîche

Spanish blue cheese made with cow

white mottled bloomy rind cheese that is very creamy

Artisanal crackerthins and a condiment

Its interior is bone white with distinctive bluing

or of course ready to eat with Italian cheese and crusty bread

When he returned for it he found it had absorbed the aromas of its hiding place and had become fit for the Gods

The cheese has a subtle aroma