In case you didn't know, cheese is our first love... the preserves and jellies are just a prelude to our cheese! Recently, we took our second adventure to the annual American Cheese Society Conference which was held in "America's Dairyland", also known as Wisconsin. Since we are in process of bringing our creamery into reality, we have been working hard to learn as much as we can about the trade and getting advice from some of the best in the industry along the way. The ACS Conference is a great way for cheese makers, cheese mongers, retailers, and enthusiasts to experience the latest in the cheese world. They offer classes on everything from "identifying cheese defects" to "cheese curd tastings" and even...
Looks like the word is getting around town... a big thanks to Columbus Monthly Magazine for featuring us in this year's "Best of Columbus" Issue! We are thrilled!!
This is tiny glimpse of what goes into sourcing and prepping the fruit for our premium jams, jellies, and preserves. Here we have used our most popular preserve "Billionaire" to illustrate our common practices. During each fruits' growing season, we are always searching the countryside of Ohio looking for small farms with the goals and growing practices that align with our beliefs in sustainable farming. Many of the farms we source from also use organic growing practices. This point is very important to us as we feel it is very important to keep the inputs in our food system to a minimum. This is not only for the health of the land but more importantly the health...
BRC was just featured in the online magazine Broadway+Thresher! Check out the article here.
A special thanks to Mark for his interest in writing about us! Just more proof that local tastes better!
We are thrilled to be a part of the magazines top Ohio gifts to give this year! We would like to thank Martin at Windy Hill Berry Farm in Coshocton for letting us use his beautiful vineyard for the photo and for supplying us with the best Concord grapes around!
Check out the gift guide here:
http://www.capital-style.com/content/roundup-story/2012/11/wish-list.html
