Pugs Leap Farm

I first tried Pugs Leap cheese this weekend and it was DELICIOUS! Tangy and flavorful but not too «Goaty». Plus, the entire process is owned by one family — from the care and milking of the goats to the hand-​turning of each and every hunk of cheese.
This cheese is local perfection!

My sweetheart’s parents have tiny, tiny goats. I think they are actually pygmy goats, but they might just be very small. They are all named after different kinds of food and they are all adorable. My sweetheart says I can’t tell the difference between pet goats and work goats; it might be that I can’t tell the difference between goats and people.
So you can imagine my delight in seeing that the Pug’s Leap Farm booth has pictures of their caprine friends posted about like a merry little scrapbook. Pascal Destandau — I haven’t met his partner, Eric Smith — is terribly charming, and will happily tell you about the goats if you ask. They are all hand-​milked little browsers roaming on a farm that is dedicated to sustainability and uses solar power. Can you even begin to imagine such happy little goats?
Note: Not available in stores! You can find the Pug’s Leap Farm booth at the Grand Lake Farmers Market on Saturdays in addition to the Stonestown Farmers Market on Sundays. O, yes, and the cheese! My omnivorous sweetheart, the cheese aficionado, says that their wares are incredibly tasty too. Mssr. Destandau can explain to you the difference between the Petit Marcel, Pavé, and Bûche more easily and succinctly than I can!

If you like goat cheese, you must stop by the Pugs Leap Farm booth at the Stonestown Farmers Market on Sundays. I think I met one of the owners, Pascal (he’s French, I think) and he patiently explained the different goat cheeses (aged different amounts of time) that his farm produces. I tried the youngest one which was soft, mellow and tangy. Delicious!
They milk their goats by hand (!) on their Healdsburg farm. He also brought some farm fresh eggs from their Delaware Breed chickens ($ 3.50 for ½ a dozen) that they just started raising. The eggs are small, brown and uneven in color. They’re as fresh as you can get. The eggs seemed more flavorful with larger yolks and thicker whites.
You can find their cheese at the Cowgirl Creamery store at the SF Ferry Plaza.