As many people know, I love cheese. A few months before we left DC, I discovered that our Whole Foods had started selling small chunks of different cheeses (presumably the scraps from all the nice pieces they cut). I was so jazzed about it because it meant that for about $2 a chunk, I could try a bunch of new cheeses. Sadly, the cheese situation here is not great. They basically sell 4 types of cheese in their main dairy section: a white "farmer's cheese" that comes in a block, a mild white cheese that comes in slices, mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese. All other cheeses are imported and pretty expensive...as in, about $8 for a block of monterey jack and about $5 for a tiny sliver of feta. Sigh.
I do really like the farmer's cheese, though there is only so much of one cheese that you can eat before you get tired of it. This is the main cheese used in Colombian recipes, such as arepas with cheese or cheese and corn fritters. Here is what it looks like:
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