Chef & Vitner's Harvest Dinner-Scotia, NY

We invite you to join the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern NY and Coach Farm next Thursday September 25,2008 at the Glen Sanders Mansion for a night of New York produced food & wine featured in a French themed menu.

The evening will start out with a tasting of New York state produced cheeses, followed by a six course meal prepared by Capital Region chefs.

Did you know the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York serves over 40,000 local people each week? Please join us to raise funds to support their mission in preventing food waste and alleviating hunger.

To sponsor or purchase tickets to the Chefs & Vintners' Harvest Dinner, please contact:
Elizabeth Snyder
518-786-3691 x295
elizabeths@regionalfoodbank.net

Best of the Hudson Valley

Congratulations to many of our customers awarded "Best of the Hudson Valley"

Adam's Fairacre Farms-Best Plant Nursery/Garden Store & Best Fresh Produce
www.adamsfarms.com

Aroma Thyme Bistro-Best Vegetarian
www.aromathymebistro.com

Artist's Palate-Best Designer Mac & Cheese
www.theartistspalate.biz

Blue Hill at Stone Barns- Best Westchester County Restaurant
www.bluehillfarm.com

Cafe Les Baux- Best French Restaurant
www.cafe-lesbaux.com

China Rose- Best Chinese Restaurant
845-876-7442

CIA-American Bounty Restaurant-Best American Restaurant
www.ciachef.edu/restaurants

Coyote Grill-Best American Restaurant
www.coyotegrillny.com

Double O Grill- Best Big Menu
www.doubleogrill.com

Homespun-Best Garden for Lunch
www.homespunfoods.com

Il Cena Colo- Best Orange County Restaurant
www.ilcenacolorestaurant.com

Le Petit Bistro-Best Bistro
www.homespunfoods.com

Mexican Radio-Best Columbia County Restaurant
www.mexicanrad.com/hudson.htm

Mohonk Mountain House- Best Hotel/Inn
www.mohonk.com

Mother Earth's Storehouse-Best Health Food Store
www.motherearthstorehouse.com

Red Devon-Best Green Restaurant
845-868-3175

The Rhinecliff-Best Transformation
www.therhinecliff.com

Xaviar's at Piermont-Best Rockland County Restaurant
www.xaviars.com

Taste of Columbia County Bounty

If you weren't at the Columbia County Fairgrounds Monday night you missed quite the feast! Restaurants, caterers, and local producers joined to offer a tasting of what the Columbia County area has to offer in the spirit of food, wine, and delicacies of the like.

Each chef prepared dishes comprised of the local, seasonal offerings. Local wine and beer was provided by Hudson-Chatham Winery and Chatham Brewing.

Thanks to David at Bezalel Gables for preparing the beautiful foccacia boards topped with our fresh cheese on each table. And to Michel from the Stissing House for preparing the très délicieux Provencal Tart.

We apologize for the lack of pictures at this event. We were too busy serving cheese and tasting all evening!

Another "Cheese Oscar" for Coach Farm

Pine Plains, NY – July 7, 2008 – Coach Farm has been recognized once again for its fine line of goat cheeses. A national panel of specialty food experts named Coach Farm’s Triple Cream Wheel “Outstanding Cheese or Dairy product” at the 2008 sofi™ awards, part of the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) Summer Fancy Food Show

Announced by noted Chef Jacques Pepin, the 36th annual sofi™ awards was the most vibrant yet, with 2,091 entries across 32 categories of outstanding food and beverage products. A sofi™ Gold Statue is considered an important industry honor.

Coach Farm’s Triple Cream Cheese Wheel has been recognized for its excellence in the past. The cheese won Best in Class at the 2008 World Championship Cheese Contest, first place at the American Cheese Society awards in 2006, and was a finalist at the NASFT awards in 2003.


Thanks to everyone who stopped at our booth to congratulate us!

BEST CHEESE CORP. ACQUIRES COACH FARM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BEST CHEESE CORP. ACQUIRES COACH FARM
Importer to invest in domestic specialty cheese brand

June 24, 2008. Mount Kisco, NY. Best Cheese Corporation has acquired Coach Farm of Pine Plains, NY. Already a successful importer of specialty cheese from Europe, Best Cheese will expand into domestic production by taking over the well known Coach Farm brand.

“The market for high quality, artisanal goat cheese continues to grow and we are excited to be investing in the thriving Coach Farm brand,” said Henk Engelkes, President & CEO of Best Cheese Corporation.

Best Cheese hopes to improve Coach’s distribution to retailers, as well as explore Coach’s well developed distribution to restaurants for its own brands.

Coach Farm is a leader in producing authentic, artisanal goat cheese.
Its premium fresh and aged cheeses enjoy an important presence in upscale specialty stores and restaurants. Over the past 20 years Coach Farm cheeses have won several awards and developed a loyal following for their quality, flavor and traditional production methods. Coach Farm’s Triple Cream Wheel won Best in Class at the 2008 World Championship Cheese Contest.

Best Cheese Corporation imports distinct specialty cheeses from Holland including brand such as Parrano, Legendairy, Uniekaas Reserve, and Vintage Aged Gouda. Retailers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Safeway, Albertson’s and Kroger offer Best Cheese products.

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Loyal fans need not worry: same goats, same milk, and the same cheese!

What's your fancy?

This weekend visit us at the 54th Summer Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center. We will be there from dawn to dusk (literally) Sunday June 29th through Tuesday July 1st. Our booth is located on the upper level, #3077.

Our new reduced fat spreads will be featured along with our award winning triple cream. Check back after Monday night to see if we are bringing home the gold!

We hear we're near the wonderful choclates and the Italian section of the International Pavillion. Truffled goat cheese or triple cream pizza anyone?

From Farm to Foodservice

After a long, windy journey.... Our friend Chuck Abraham of Old Saw Mill Farm in Germantown stopped in for a visit last week. Chuck is a producer of all natural pork, chicken, lamb and fruit in Columbia County. He was picking up some of our fresh logs, which were featured in the "Dinner with Hudson Valley Growers" at Bard College for Compass Group's annual culinary summit.

Compass Group, a nationwide food distribution company, was holding their annual culinary summmit in our neck of the woods. Many of their meetings were held at the Culinary Institue of America (Hyde Park), while the real fun happened at local farms they visited. The group was suppose to visit Coach Farm, but with a late start and an unexpected road block it didn't happen. Instead the bus turned around and went back to Bard College for an amazing dinner prepared with all local ingredients. We started with an asparagus salad featuring our goat cheese, Mountain Fresh Farms tomatoes and chives. Speaking of tomatoes. If you are looking for safe (i.e. salmonella free) , local, hydroponic tomatoes try Mountain Fresh! They are by far one of the best tomatoes we have ever eaten!

For the main course a series of "Farmer's Stations" were set up. Everyone grabbed a bento style box and grabbed a few portions from each station. Dishes ranged from grilled foie gras to lobster medallion with pommes frites. Our favories were the cedar wrapped free range chicken and the pan seared medallion of tenderloin... Let's just say we made more than one trip to each station! Just when you thought you couldn't possibly eat anymore great food it was time for dessert. A strawberry rhubarb tart was sent out featuring Storys and Tousey Farms product. Make sure you try Ray Tousey's Cassis if you have the opportunity. He is at the Kingston and Rhinebeck Farmer's Markets.

In the end everyone was full, and eager to make a connection with Compass. We're all hoping they will consider us Hudson Valley farmers for their nutrion and wellness program!