Tag: special cheese
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8 Weeks of Celebration Cheeses: Week 7
One of the qualifying factors for a cheese to be considered a “celebration cheese” is its availability. I’ve talked about some cheeses that are more difficult to get because of how they are imported, and I have mentioned that other cheeses are only seasonally available. When you eat what is in season, when it is…
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8 Weeks of Celebration Cheeses: Week 2
As a cheese retailer, you’re not always able to get all of the cheeses you want at all times. Sometimes it’s because the cheese is only available certain times of the year because it’s made seasonally, or because a small-batch cheese sells out. Other times, cheeses are more difficult to get—and harder to sell to…
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Happy Friday!
Nothing says adult relaxation like cheese, beer, and Legos, right? I’m so stoked to have this wheel of Winnemere from Vermont’s Jasper Hill Farm–another generous parting gift from my co-workers at the Admiral Metropolitan Market cheese shop–a gift they gave me along with this Anchor Brewing Porter and Lego set, naturally. (The Lego set channels…
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Why Shropshire Gives Stilton a Run for its Money (and Yours)
Orange cheese has a bad rap right now. But not all orange cheese is created equal. As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, orange cheese came about in order to stop customers from exclusively choosing summer-milk cheeses over winter-milk cheeses. Since winter milk tends to be lighter in color and more subdued in flavor, and…
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Shroud of Turin, or Shropshire?
Cheezus smiled on me yesterday… I opened a new wheel of Shropshire from Neal’s Yard, and look what I found! A smiley face on a corner of the wheel’s beautiful natural rind. ☺ I already loved Shropshire, but I love this wheel the most.