Cheese Shops, Recommendation Needed

I can't answer your question completely, but I have seen that 1-800-Flowers is now carrying all natural cheese gift baskets all natural cheese gift baskets. It is probably not local, but I know that a lot of people are doing the all organic thing, and the baskets would be sure not to go against that.

Well you had to know this was coming:

C: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street just now, skimming through "Rogue Herrys" by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish.

O: Peckish, sir?

C: Esuriant.

O: Eh?

C: 'Ee, Ah wor 'ungry-loike!

O: Ah, hungry!

C: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, "a little fermented curd will do the trick," so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles!

O: Come again?

C: I want to buy some cheese


The full Monty here...

Any Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Nicely done mneeley. I haven't heard that bit in a long time.

Not much call for Cheddar!

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Originally posted by lab:
Could someone recommend a cheese shop local to wine country. I want to send a cheese assortment to a friend in the area and want to stay as local as possible. Thanks.

Not sure what you mean by "wine country". McNapa?

Buying local may or may not be more green. If it's truly local, they may know a better source than you cn find. Anyway, the various wine regions here are pretty big. Since you're talking about shipping, it may actually be more efficient (Ie. less of a use of resources, more green) to ship a cheese from New Jersey than some place 50 miles away. Perhaps, also, maybe there's a local New Jersey artisanal producer that you are familiar with and fond of, that would be a good option. Would you want your California friend sending you New Jersey or New York wine that they are unfamiliar with?

Cyprus Grove, located about 80 miles north of the more northern parts of CA wine country, makes some of the best chevre in the U.S. The "Humboldt Fog" is an internationally recognized cheese and, imo, one of the single finest cheeses produced in the world.

Oakville Grocery has many CA cheeses as well as cheeses from throughout the world.

Although definitely not local, you can also send them a cheese package from Zingerman's in Ann Arbor Michigan - They have some great stuff - Although we live in Florida and my folks live in Virginia - my mom sent us a huge thing from them and it was amazing. Well worth checking out by anyone

I'll 2nd Jcocktosten's recommendation of Zingerman's. We stop there several times throughout the year on the way up north to the cottage - it's an amazing store.

You might try the Cheese Nazi in Healdsburg. Opps, I meant The Cheese Shop of Healdsburg. Some of the best cheeses I've had. Their truffle cheddar is out of sight. Link below

http://www.doraliceimports.com/cheeseshop/

For anyone in the GTA (Toronto-Oakville-Brulington-Hamilton) area I recomend "Goats Inc" Fine Cheese shop @ 1744 Lakeshore Rd W in MIssissauga (Clarkson) I drive down from Kitchener to buy from them. VG cheese/wine knowledge.

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Originally posted by ibertienda:
the best cheese of the world the Spanish you will find on my Web page.

You give the word "Spanish" a bad name...crawl back under your wet trash with your other roach friends (not even worth wasting the word please).

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Originally posted by thelostverse:
Any Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Nicely done mneeley. I haven't heard that bit in a long time.

Here. Unfortunately out of stock...