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Cheese/Dairy
Finding yourself obsessed with cheese? Many people are. Cheese appreciation is becoming as popular as wine appreciation. Many very good cheese stores are now offering cheese education classes that include visiting cheese makers, cheese appreciation, cheese making & the art of maturing cheeses. We are on a constant search for the best in cheese. Below you will find many of the greatest cheese stores, as well as, artesian cheese makers. All these resources will ship their cheeses direct to your door. Also included in our dairy category is the old fashion "Milkman". We have sought out regional milk & dairy resources that still delivery their products direct to your door, some even have expanded to deliver groceries. Enjoy your dairy!
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Artisanal Premium Cheese - Their mission is to provide the best cheeses in the world, matured to optimal ripeness and enjoyed at the peak of flavor.
Zingermans - Undiscovered artisan cheeses of north America - exceptional gourmet store.
Murray's Cheese - Opened in 1940, Murray's carries a unique selection of over 250 domestic and imported artisan and farmstead cheeses. Rob Kaufelt was voted Best Cheese Monger by Time Out NY 2005 and Murray's Cheese scored an impeccable 29/ 30 for quality in 2006 New York Zagat. His new Cheese handbook is a terrfic guide to over 300 cheeses.
Zabar's - Famous NY gourmet store - over 600 cheeses.
Bedford Cheese Shop - Old-fashioned cheese shop dedicated to providing the finest quality cheeses from around the world. Staff of knowledgeable cheesemongers , rigorously trained in the art of properly maintaining cheese.
HannahBells - From a small farmstead cheesemaker and their pampered Holsteins & Ayshires, the Shy Brothers create small "plugs" of cow's milk cheese that are just simply delicious. The lavender was our favorite but every flavor was wonderful. The tiny "plugs" are handy to use on cheese plates, stuffed in mushroom caps, or as a creamy center to stuffed meats. Even dipped in chocolate and served with fruit. Small bites of creamy/buttery goodness.
Beecher's Handmade Cheese - In the Seattle's historic Pike Place Market people press their noses against the windows at Beecher's Handmade Cheese to witness a vat of creamy white milk transformed by the expert hands of the cheesemaker. Their mac & cheese is always voted #1. They are also opening in NYC..but you can always buy online!
iGourmet - 16 countries of cheese.
Ideal Cheese Shop - Gourmet cheese.
Redwood Hill Farm - Handmade farmstead goat milk cheese & yogurt (great for those who love yogurt but are allergic to cow milk). The goats are raised certified humane, the happy goats must translate into great cheese because the products here are top knotch. We sampled all the several- crottin, bucheret, chevre and camellia (camembert-style) - all outstanding. Our favorite yogurt was the mango/apricot.
New England Cheeses - Throughout the New England landscape are local farms and cheese companies committed to their products & communities. These companies have traditional values and maintain a link to the farmers providing the milk for their cheese.Recently, a new interest in artisinal cheese making has led to a renaissance in farmhouse cheese making. Many of the companies listed offer an online store.
NY Farm Cheese - Resource including artisanal (handcrafted) & farmstead (make the cheese from milk from their own cows) cheese makers of NY. Many of the cheese makers offer online ordering.
Local Harvest Store - The Local Harvest Store brings the products of family farmers home to you. Cheeses and dairy from family farms across the US.
Formaggio Kitchen - They carry some of the world's most exclusive, delicious products, most of which are hand-crafted by artisans who care about the flavor of the finished product, cheeses, condiments for cheeses, oils, pasta, rice, grains, pantry items.
Dutch Farm Cheese - "Out of love and respect" for truly authentic Farmers Cheese, Jaap Linssen has started this online shop. to move away from the mass consumption & offer you cheese that taste differently because the cows grazed a different pasture or its a new season. Farmers produce their cheese daily meaning you’ll taste what happened the day the milk was produced! We tasted the mature farmers cheese and it was just wonderful. We are guessing that the "old"variety must be off the charts. Highly recommended - takes about a week to received shipment.
Fromages - The best of French cheeses.
Cheeseonline - French cheeses delivered.
Cheese Supply - Over 700 cheeses, cheese making supplies, & many other cheese accessories.
Harley Farms Goat Dairy - Award winning goat cheese with edible flowers and herbs de Provence.
Black Sheep Cheese - Handcrafted sheep's milk cheeses, yogurt.
Cypress Grove Chevre - Renowned for its innovative range of artisan fresh, aged and ripened cheeses. Their Hymbolt Fog has a layer of gray vegetable ash in the center, it creamy & light - it becomes rich and tangier as it ripens. Winner of many awards.
Capriole Goat Cheese - Artisan goat cheese, raw milk cheese.
LoveTree Farmstead - Unique Sheep cheeses (award winners) and raw cows milk cheese.
Vermont Butter & Cheese - Since 1984, Bob & Allisonhave been crafting artisanal dairy products in the European style. The company supports a network of over 20 family farms, providing milk. Creme Fraiche, fromage blanc, quark, chevre, goats milk feta, bijou, coupole & cultured butter to name a few.
Three Sister's Cheeses - Artisanal, Farmstead cheeses. We sampled their Serena cheese which is a hard, Italian style with an intense nutty flavor. We loved it!
Bravo Farms - Handcrafted from their own fresh raw milk, these cheese are excellent. Our pick – the white cheddar sage – Loved it!
MouCo Cheese Company - Gold medal winners for their camembert & ColoRouge.
Cowgirl Creamery - Prizewinning triple-cream and herb crusted artesian cheeses.
Sid Cook's Carr Valley Cheese - WI cheese from 4th gen. owner Sid Cook- expertly aged Cheddar to award-winning Originals- Cocoa Cardona & Gran Canaria, They milk delivered fresh from local dairy farms into more than 50 cheeses.
Bittersweet Plantation Dairy - Louisiana chef John Folse creates cheeses, yogurt & flavored butters. The chocolate butter sounds amazing!
Taylor Farm - The Wright's hand-crafted award winning Gouda cheeses using raw, fresh, milk from their herd. Made by hand on their VT farm. Traditional & contemporary varieties of Gouda are made. aged 2mos, Taylor Farm is a creamy, semi-firm cheese.
Uplands Cheese Co. - Pleasant Ridge Reserve is a farmstead raw cow's milk cheese, winner of top awards, it is hand-washed, individually turned daily and aged for 4- 18 months. It is an original cheese reminiscent of French Gruyere but made in WI.
Vella Cheese - Handmade Monterey Jack, Cheddar and Asiago cheeses - since 1931 they have insisted on the finest breeding of herds, the finest feeds, the greatest care in milking, to have the best possible natural raw material for their handmade cheeses.
Thistle Hill Farm - Aged alpine raw milk cheese handmade on the Putnam family farm in VT, from the organic milk of their grass-fed Jersey cows. The cheese is made in the tradition of the Tarentaise Valley of the French Alps, with a copper vat.
Samish Bay Cheese - Organic Farmstead cheese from the northwest corner WA., Their cows are raised on organic grass, grain, & clover. Several flavors of Gouda (nettle is very hard to find outside of Holland), Month Blanchard & Montasio.
Steve N Sons Grassfield Cheese - They use their own raw milk, to make flavor-intense live cheeses: Gouda, Edam (a gouda made with skim milk), Leyden, & Cheddar.
Bravo Farms - Farmstead (raw milk) cheeses. Famous for their cheddars,they now also create Tulare Canonball (edam) and Silver Mountain (bandage wrapped Cantal Manchego- nutty w/hint of citrus)
Achadinha - Jim & Donna of Pacheco Family Dairy in Petaluma, California produce two award winning cheeses with their own Dairy Goat milk- Broncha and Capricious.
Old World Cheese - With the help of the Portuguese people in Sao Jorge, the Fagundes Family re-established a award winning farmstead cheese making business. "St. John," a mild Portuguese-style but purely California-original aged cheese., "St. Jorge" is a Portuguese-style cheese , San Joaquin (roasted garlic, bell pepper, & cilantro), Santa Fe (cayenne pepper, cumin & roasted garlic), Jalapeno (mild) cheese & Smoked Hanford Jack.
Sprout Creek Farm - These artisanal cheeses are from the rich and creamy milk of grass-fed Jersey, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn and Brown Swiss cows. Made in the age-old tradition of European farmstead cheese - Wonderful cheeses are produced at this non-profit farm - the goal here is education of about 5,000 kids. Teaching the art of cheesemaking & farming.
Winchester Cheese - They make "Gouda" (Goudse Kaas) in Winchester, CA in the same traditional way as it has been done by their families in Holland for many generations. Made on the farm in CA in the same natural way, using the same natural ingredients & fresh raw milk. Then it is aged like fine wine, to bring out its natural goodness.
Jasper Hill Farm - Small Vermont farm; 3 varieties of raw milk cheese. Aspenhurst, a cloth bound cheddar-style cheese, (variation traditional English Leicester); Bayley Hazen Blue, a natural rinded blue-veined cheese , dense chocolaty paste ; & Constant Bliss, a soft, mold-ripened bit
Cato Corners Farm - CT family farm that raises 25 free-range Jersey cows without the use of hormones or subtherapeutic antibiotics.From the cows' raw milk, they hand make a dozen styles of aged farmhouse cheese ranging from mild & milky to runny & pungent to sharp & firm.
Widmer's Cheese - Embracing the manufacturing techniques handed down through generations of European and Wisconsin cheese makers, Widmer's carefully produces some of the finest Brick, Cheddar and Colby cheeses in the world.
Rogue Creamery - Award-winning blue and cheddar cheeses. Handmade artisan cheeses made by people dedicated to the craft.
Point Reyes Cheese - Farmstead classic styled blue cheese.
Sweet Grass Dairy - Handcraft fresh, semi-ripened, and naturally aged goat and cow cheeses that you will find unique and delicious. The folks who make great cheese and let their cows be cows and their goats be goats!
Bass Lake Cheese Factory - Wisconsin homemade cheeses.
Tillamook Cheese - Oregon made cheeses.
The Great Cheeses of New Engla - Specialty cheeses, e.g. Hispanic cheese, Mideastern, etc.
Fiscalini Cheese - Award winning farmstead cheese; delicately flavored cheddars (Caraway, Dill, Garlic, Pepper, Sage, Saffron and Tarragon) signature San Joaquin Gold, and traditional bandaged-wrapped Cheddar and aged Parmesan.
Kenny's Country Cheese - Authentic, natural gourmet cheese.
Mozzarella Company - Here the cheesemakers chop the curds, made daily from farm-fresh milk, which are then strung and formed by hand into balls of fresh mozzarella, large variety available.
Fratelli Ravioli - Homemade mozzarella ravioli, sauces.
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