Spreadable Goat Cheese and City Bees Honey

Just a quick breakfast post, I've been temping like crazy while I settle in to my new city and it's been fun to use my need to make 3 fast meals a day now to try new things from our local farmer's market. I picked up this Soignon Chevre a tartnier (spreadable goat cheese) and little did I know just how amazing it was going to taste with local honey made right here in SF by the hives of City Bees.

City Bees works to take advantage of San Francisco's many microclimates and diverse neighborhoods by setting up hives that help pollinate the local flora, repopulate the severe decline in bee numbers, and give us delicious honey that really does have its own distinct flavors even just from neighborhood to neighborhood. Microclimate honey also can help you adjust to the allergens in an area, so I knew I had to get some as the pressure on my sinuses was telling me I hadn't quite gotten over the move yet.

I stopped by the City Bees booth at our neighborhood's farmer's market and I knew immediately that even though the other neighborhoods had more of that woodsy or berry flavor I love, that I had to have the Castro honey. Light, loose and almost runny, it has a really flowery bright taste that feels like summer and is perfect for the upcoming warmer weather. I joked to a friend that if honey picks up the character and flavor of the area the bees make it in, then it must be all the cosmos and vodka tonics from the local nightclubs I'm tasting. Not to mention that it turned out to go perfectly with the spreadable goat cheese, and I've had both on toast just about every morning for a week. Tangy, sweet, creamy and filling!

The spreadable chevre is markedly less pungent and decidedly wetter than the typical log chevre, but it has a light and fresh flavor and texture that practically screams breakfast. I'm sure it tastes amazing with a slice of tomato on bread or spread on to veggies, but I can't bring myself to eat it with anything else yet. Not to mention that I love supporting local bees and their keepers, so I think both of these items will definitely be staples in our house from now on.