The Big Cheese

Sprinkled on a green, healthful salad, served as an hors d’oeuvres, warmed on a French stick or savoured as a dessert, goat cheese turns every celebration from blah to bold. With its distinctively creamy, sharp taste resounding on the palates of party-goers and soiree hosts with the most, goat cheese has over the years become a table favourite; a special guest star. Onto the red carpet rolls Celebrity International Goat Cheese with Cranberry and Cinnamon, a freshly festive delicacy bursting with warmth and surging with bodied flavour. Made in Canada using the premier milk of soybean-fed goats, Celebrity shines on its own or when complemented with a robust glass of red wine and spread across crunchy crackers. Introduced by Canadian Food and Restaurant Association member Finica Food Specialties Ltd., the contrasting sweetness of the Canadian cranberries marries nicely with the tartness of the goat cheese. Celebrity International is a must-have guest of honour during a swanky cocktail affair or a simple family meal. “This particular cheese is warmly embraced by our clients, so much so that we now export it to the U.S.,” says Finica Food Specialties President Paul Blake. Finica, an international importer and distributor of specialty cheeses and gourmet items, proved its strength in debuting products this year when its Bellavitano cheese – a cow’s milk washed in raspberry tart beer – was awarded with the Best New Cheese gold medal at the World Cheese Awards in Dublin, Ireland. Today, Celebrity International Goat Cheese with Cranberry and Cinnamon – also available in Plain, Bruschèvre, Blueberry and Cinnamon, and more – is headed towards the same feat, as it seduces and dances with the appetites of cheese-lovers.

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Besides its glam factor, Celebrity International Goat Cheese also has astounding health benefits. It’s great for vegetarians and lactose intolerant sufferers, because it’s 100 per cent animal-rennet free. For weight-worriers, goat milk prides itself on being lower in fat and cholesterol than cow’s milk, and also soars with sea salt, calcium and vitamins A and D. “Taking the traditional goat log and topping it with cranberry and cinnamon,” says Blake, “makes this the perfect summer chèvre.”

And best of all, it’s 100 per cent local, Canadian goat’s milk, made exclusively by Canadian farmers.
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Finica Food Specialties Ltd.
www.finica.on.ca
905.629.3030
5942 Ambler Dr., Mississauga, Ont.