THE CHEESE (B)LOG

February 25, 2016

We’re Rolling Out the Red Carpet: See WHO our Favorites are Wearing

We are ready to help you put together the perfect ensemble for your Oscar party. Always elegant HUMBOLDT FOG gets a little zesty dressed in ESCH CHERRY PEPPER JELLY. The usually rustic DI BIANCO PIEMONTE classes it up in a splash of AMES PRAIRIE FLOWER HONEY. Just ravishing in a smear of MEMBRILLO QUINCE PASTE is the nutty QUESO ZAMORANO. […]
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February 24, 2016

THAT’S A MOUTHFUL: HOW TO PRONOUNCE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CHEESE

If you’ve ever been overwhelmed at the cheese counter at Marché (mar-SHAY: French for market) by the myriad of foreign names, you just may be missing out on some of our formaggi preferiti (fro-MAHJ-ee pref-ahr-EE-tee: Italian for favorite cheeses). Here’s a rudimentary guide to pronouncing those tongue-twisting treasures. AFFIDÉLICE: aw-fah-day-LEASE. (Chablis-washed little bundle of funk.) BLEU D’AUVERGNE: bluh-doe-VAIRN. (A worthy, classic blue […]
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