Please give me your advice on where to buy cheese from France
Mar 16th, 2005, 12:48 PM
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Please give me your advice on where to buy cheese from France
I fell in love with the cheese in France. I especially loved the having cheese for dessert. So all you Francophiles where do you buy your cheeses in the States?
Mar 16th, 2005, 01:02 PM
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Zingerman's in MI, Dean and DeLuca and sometimes from our Fresh Market store, even though it's a bit of a drive...our Whole Foods has a wide variety but it is not well stored
Zing's also has great British cheeses from Neal's yard and various small cheesemakers!
Zing's also has great British cheeses from Neal's yard and various small cheesemakers!
Mar 16th, 2005, 01:04 PM
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Whole Foods has a wonderful selection of cheese..I don't have a Whole Foods where I live..boo hoo. I have found a pretty good selection at Trader Joes and Wild Oats if you happen to have either of these stores in your area. You might check your local Deli's or even if you perhaps have an "upscale" grocery store. For example, in Sonoma County there is a grocery store called Olivers that has a great selection of cheese and other "gourmet" items. You may have a similar type of store in your area. Keep in mind, and someone please correct me here if I am wrong, the cheese won't be exactly like you get in France because it has to be pasturized for our market but no matter, it sure beats Kraft!!!!!!!
Mar 16th, 2005, 01:16 PM
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Whole Foods, Balducci's, Dean and DeLuca and, on-line, from Zingerman's - www.zingermans.com.
And, though you didn't ask, Zingerman's also has great olive oil.
And, though you didn't ask, Zingerman's also has great olive oil.
Mar 16th, 2005, 01:27 PM
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Murray's Cheese on Bleeker Street in New York has cheese from all over the world. Here's their website:
http://www.murrayscheese.com/aboutus.php
and you can read about Murray's on this website.
http://gonyc.about.com/cs/toursbr/a/bleecker_murray.htm
I have to say, I haven't shopped there yet, but I plan to... a friend who lives in Brooklyn told me about it.
Sandy
http://www.murrayscheese.com/aboutus.php
and you can read about Murray's on this website.
http://gonyc.about.com/cs/toursbr/a/bleecker_murray.htm
I have to say, I haven't shopped there yet, but I plan to... a friend who lives in Brooklyn told me about it.
Sandy
Mar 16th, 2005, 01:32 PM
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Bon Appetit in Princeton, NJ, has the best cheeses. I also buy very good cheese at a tiny shop called And Everything Nice at the Trenton Farmers Market. Less often, I get some good cheese at Wegman's but I don't go there as often and there's no one to talk to about the cheeses as there is in the other two places.
Mar 16th, 2005, 02:26 PM
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igourmet.com Excellent selection and service. You can also look on Amazon for their gourmet food section which includes igourmet.
We have a fairly good cheese selection in our supermarket and a Fresh Market. Where do you live?
We have a fairly good cheese selection in our supermarket and a Fresh Market. Where do you live?
Mar 16th, 2005, 04:03 PM
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I would recommend Murrays Cheese in NYC as well as Artisanal, both do mail order. In California, I would recommend Cowgirl Creamery in San Francisco. Zings is great too, but has only a limited selection in my experience. In the Boston area, check out Formaggio's Kitchen in Cambridge.
as an aside, we are allowed to buy raw milk cheese in the U.S. It has to be aged 60 days or more. And yes, most French imports will not taste the same as they do in France, mainly because so many of them are industrial production instead of farmstead/artisanal production. It is not the same cheese at all. Check out some of the American artisanal and farmstead cheeses as well....some of them are starting to rival the euro equivalents.
Happy eating!
as an aside, we are allowed to buy raw milk cheese in the U.S. It has to be aged 60 days or more. And yes, most French imports will not taste the same as they do in France, mainly because so many of them are industrial production instead of farmstead/artisanal production. It is not the same cheese at all. Check out some of the American artisanal and farmstead cheeses as well....some of them are starting to rival the euro equivalents.
Happy eating!
Mar 16th, 2005, 04:10 PM
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We in the boston area are fortunate. In Cambridge is 'Fromaggio".The man is an expert who lectures on cheese in many avenues and universities and has a cellar below the cheese shop for Affinage)the curing and maturing of cheeses.)
