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Dirt Lover

Dirt Lover

Series: Cheese Portraits

Description: Green Dirt Farm is a sheep's milk oasis in Weston, Missouri, just 40 miles from Kansas City, MO. The farm was founded in 2002 by Sarah Hoffmann with the goal to create a sustainable, humane farm to raise her family. The farm and cheesemaking standards are high; they're set by the Animal Welfare Approval and environmentally responsible by the organization A Greener World. I was thrilled to have an opportunity to paint another Missouri cheese and this one is so delicious! Dirt Lover is a sheep's milk cheese inspired by the ash-coated gems found in france. This 5-6 ounce spool of a wheel is coated with a layer of vegetable ash and then aged for two weeks to develop that bloomy white rind that covers most of the ash. The ripening in the wrapper during its shelf life of roughly 10 weeks, lets the flavors grow and a slightly tangy, creamy ring to work its way towards the center. The texture is dry-creamy density that lets the earthy, yet buttery and mushroom-y flavor emerge without too much slumping, or oozing on a hot summer day, such as the one this was painted. I cant tell you how gratifying it is to sink my teeth into a half wheel that's sat out for a day in the studio; it's bliss. I couldn't decide how to pose this gorgeous model so I decided on a whole, a half and a quarter wheel as 'triple portrait' for this slim painting.

Origin: USA, Missouri

Tags: Green Dirt Farm, sheep

Price: sold

Big Bluff Tomme

Big Bluff Tomme

Series: Cheese Portraits

Description: "Big Bluff Tomme" is an aged slicing goat cheese with a natural rind rubbed with extra virgin olive oil and Reichi mushroom powder. It comes from Terrell Creek Farm, in the Ozark Hills of Missouri. I met Lesley Million at the American Cheese Society annual conference and she was happy to help me with my cheesemap goal by providing this delicious wedge. The farmstead dairy uses only the milk of their own animals and it seems every piece of cheese from there comes with an "Animal Welfer Approved" sticker, likely due to happy herds on a farm "bathed in the beauty of nature".

Origin: USA, Missouri

Tags: goat, Ozarks, Fordland Hills, MO

Price: sold