Front Burner: More Flavor From a Cottage Cheese

With cottage cheese no longer sidelined as a diet food, there are now many examples that are better quality, without gums and additives, made from milk from small farms and often organic. Good Culture is a brand that fits that description. The four-year-old California company uses milk from pastured animals in the Midwest and has organic and nonorganic products. It has now added a double-cream small-curd cottage cheese and has introduced a rich sour cream.

Good Culture 6 Percent Double-Cream Cottage Cheese and Simply Pasture Raised Sour Cream, $3.50 to $5 for 16 ounces, various stores including Whole Foods Markets.