George wrote:

> We had it for the first time at the Tibetan Cultural Library that we
> found by accident in the West Village in NYC that had a one week show
> introducing the cheese. I know Ideal cheese on 1st Ave
> (http://www.idealcheese.com/) and Garden of Eden on 23rd
> (http://www.edengourmet.com/) in Manhattan have it.


I have to try it the next time I'm in New York.


I'm always on the lookout for new and exotic cheeses. When I checked
wikipedia about yak cheese, I was disappointed to learn that it's not as
exotic as I'd thought. It looks like all the animals we humans
routinely use for milk and cheese are bovines. They're all pretty
closely related. Yaks can interbreed with regular dairy cattle.
(Bovidae Bos grunniens can be bred with Bovidae Bos taurus.) Goats and
sheep are not as closely related to dairy cows.


--Lia