Proper proportions

All Seasons Kitchen Cream Cheeses

Flavored cream cheeses are a dime a dozen these days, but too often the add-ins overwhelm the actual cream cheese. All Seasons Kitchen, a Vermont-based food company, makes flavored varieties that are smooth and subtle, and that keep the cream-cheese as the dominant flavor. Choose from very veggie, maple walnut, cinnamon and honey, salmon, and spring chive, among others. An eight-ounce container costs $1.99 to $3.49 at Star Market in Allston and at various specialty-food shops.

-- Theresa Regli