A satiny washed-rind beauty named Prufrock was the first cheese to be made at the Gray Barn, a farm and dairy on Martha’s Vineyard, which was established in 2009 and began selling the cheese in 2012. orange rind, has won awards over the years, and in the 2021 World Cheese Awards, Prufrock was one of six cheeses from five countries to win gold in the general washed rind category. It also won recognition at the first New York International Cheese Competition, held last summer. Made from organic milk, the cheese has a tantalizing washed rind, with a scent of dried wildflowers and a yeasty, salty taste on the palate. Eric and Molly Glasgow, the owners of the farm, decided to use the name poetically rather than giving it a local connection. They’ve continued along those lines with most of their other cheeses, including Banneker, their newest, a Cheddar that they started making during the pandemic and only selling locally. It is named after Benjamin Banneker, an 18th-century African-American mathematician and astronomer and the subject of a poem by Rita Dove.
Prufrock, $20, dibruno.com, thegreybarnandfarm.com.
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