Two Philly companies are collaborating on a food project:
Art in the Age, which markets Root liqueur, is working with Di Bruno Bros. on a limited-edition Root-washed Winnimere cheese made by Vermont's Jasper Hill Farm.
Di Bruno's is brushing the semi-soft, cow’s milk cheese with Root during its two-month maturation.
In a statement, Art in the Age says the cheese was inspired by the Swiss cheese Forsterkase. In the same style, each Winnimere is encircled in a strip of spruce bark, cut from trees on Jasper Hill's land that helps to maintain the shape of the cheese as well as impart a woody flavor. When ripe, the interior is smooth, velvety and almost soup-like. The flavor becomes more intense closer to the spruce rind and small, crystallized amino acids give the surface rind a slightly crunchy texture.
Starting March 1, Di Bruno's will sell it for $29.99 per pound. It will be sampled on March 5 (from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) at the Italian Market store (930 S. Ninth St.), on March 6 (from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) at the Rittenhouse location (1730 Chestnut St.), and on April 9 (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at the Ardmore Farmer’s Market (where the retailer is opening a stand).
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