Tag Archive | New York
Mimolette Cheese Banned: Demonstrators in New York rage
More FDA silliness. For decades this was not a problem now it is. Like Mimolette cheese? Well, it’s now banned in the US. Like the Facebook Page to stay up on the latest about the ban. “Around 40 protesters took to the streets of New York on Saturday to demonstrate against a US ban on mimolette that […]
On the Hudson Valley cheese trail
“Do you say “cheese, please”? Let’s be fromage friends. A slice on a sandwich, a cube on a toothpick, a square on a cracker, a whole course – you don’t rind, do you? (Too cheesy?) Whatever your pleasure, there’s bound to be a local cheesemaker or -monger who will have you waxing poetic. The Hudson […]
Hungry City – Murray’s Cheese Bar in Greenwich Village – NYTimes.com
“CONSIDER the knife on your table, its curved, forked tip like a devil’s tongue. It is a sign. You are not here for balance or restraint. You have come for one thing: bring out the cheese. Murray’s Cheese Bar opened in late July in Greenwich Village, a few doors down from its mother ship, the […]
Reviving a Family Tradition of Cheesemaking
“What happens in the Fiore di Nonno kitchen is something akin to a dance, with a few cheese-makers moving about the room crafting fresh batches of the company’s products. The cheese is made fresh to order daily, including what’s sold at local farmers markets. Customers call Smith by 6 a.m. and have their cheese in […]
A visit to Sprout Creek Farm: The Poughkeepsie Journal
“Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie is a nonprofit 200-acre working farm. When we pulled up the driveway, we were greeted by what the farmer later confirmed to be nearly 100 goats, a small herd of cows and several friendly barn cats. As we walked around the back of the main barn, several chickens ran towards […]
The accidental cheese-shop owner
Profile of a cheese shop in the Lower Hudson Valley: “More than 100 of the store’s advertised 250-plus cheeses stand resplendent on refrigerated shelves behind the counter, just begging to be tasted — and Laraia’s has always welcomed their customers to taste before buying. Specialty meats listed on a board above include hams, salamis, […]
Toma Primo: Review by Cheese & Champagne
Colleen, aka DC Cheese, has a great write-up of her visit to try the cheeses of Cooperstown Cheese Co. in New York: I’m a New Yorker by marriage — married to the New Yorker-type for whom “New York” means only the City. In the dozen or more years we’ve been visiting the in-laws in the […]
Union Square area is becoming New York’s Cheese District
Manhattan’s getting a lot stinkier. And for cheese lovers, that’s a good thing. Two gleaming new shops near Union Square are showcasing fancy “artisan” cheeses that have epic backstories and eye-popping price points. Beecher’s Handmade Cheese and Bedford Cheese Shop join local big cheeses Whole Foods and Eataly — both of which boast huge cheese […]
Upstate New Yorkers – one of the nation’s biggest local cheese tours is this weekend
Sunday’s weather looks especially fine- get out and eat cheese! WASHINGTON COUNTY — The sixth annual Washington County Cheese Tour is thought to be the largest event of its kind in the U.S. Cheese lovers will be able to judge these artisan cheeses for themselves from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. […]
