Toma

oil on wood, 11x14"

Toma, original artwork by Mike Geno

Point Reyes Dairy in Marin County, just one hour north of San Francisco, California, sent me this modest gouda-like cheese. Toma is an Italian name for farmstead cheese, one thats made on the farm where the cheese is produced. It was only the creamery's second cheese created, after having mastered their Bay Blue, blue cheese that is among the best produced in the country. This one was meant to be a solid, non-finicky, non-precious cheese.

It's certainly tasty straight-forward cheese that I thoroughly enjoyed. I cut myself a slice to taste before I started the portrait. I decided to include the bitten slice to further demonstrate this cheese is not precocious, though it's unmistakably delicious.

Country of Origin: USA, California

Availability: sold