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Raclette: The Perfect Winter Meal

Cozy Up with Raclette
Raclette, it's both the name of the cheese and the dish. Popular in Switzerland and France, the milk comes from Alpine-grazing cows and it turns into the perfect melting cheese. Traditionally, the cheese is melted and scraped onto potatoes, bread, vegetables, cornichons and charcuterie. It makes for a cozy meal or a fun centerpiece to a gathering with friends. Find the cheese in our shop or online here.

Want to rent a raclette grill? Give us a call!

If you'd rather to skip the grill and keep it simple, you can make mini raclette sandwiches. Grab a Babette's baguette from the shop, split it in half, lengthwise, and top with Casella's heritage breed prosciutto and slices of raclette cheese. Broil the open-faced sandwiches in the oven for a few minutes, until the cheese is melted. Dig in!

Whichever way you choose to serve raclette, we recommend pairing it with a white wine or your favorite beer.

Jan 15, 2020
Shop Staff
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NYE Pairing: Decadent Cheese & Sparkling Wine

Put out the cheese & pop some bubbles.
In our humble opinion, this is the best way to finish up 2019 and welcome in the New Year. Check out our favorite cheese and sparkling wine pairings:

Langres & Champagne: This small wheel of cheese with an orange-y rind is creamy with notes of mushrooms. It comes from the same region of France as Champagne wine and is often served with a splash of bubbly right on the wheel. Find the cheese in the shop.
Bucheron & Prosecco: Serve a soft goat cheese with your favorite Prosecco. This easily-enjoyable wine is ideal with the lemony flavors of a creamy goat cheese. Find the cheese in the shop and on our site.
St. Agur & Champagne: Let the richness of this creamy blue cheese coat your tongue and be delighted when the bubbles from the fine wine coat your tongue and get your tastebuds watering for more. Find the cheese in the shop and on our site.
Raclette & Cava: Raclette cheeses are often described as creamy, fruity and salty. A perfect duo with simply satisfying Spanish Cava. Check out our raclette array here or in the shop..

Indulge in truffle cheeses.
We have a few special truffle cheeses in the shop right now, besides the usual Truffle Noir and Moliterno. Truffle Brie comes to our case just once a year and it is just begging to be invited to your New Year's party. If you're serving raclette before the ball drops, be sure to grab a wedge of truffle raclette to really celebrate.

Happy New Year!

Dec 30, 2019
Shop Staff

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Grab a gift box.
It's not too late to place an order for pickup or local delivery before Christmas. Check out our array of gift boxes that are ready to impress the avid eater on your list or let us make a custom gift for you. We are offering limited local deliveries just in time for Christmas, please contact us directly to setup a time for a delivery on Sunday, 12/22 or Monday, 12/23.

Shop the Gift Packages

Send a subscription.
No matter where you are, you can still send someone you love a membership to our cheese club. Sign them up today and we will send them a note letting them know about the gift. Their first month's subscription will then go out in January and can be shipped throughout the country or picked up in the shop.

Cheese of the Month Club

Dec 20, 2019
Shop Staff

Semi-Annual Sale: 20% Off This Sunday

Our Semi-Annual Sale is here!

Come in to our shop on Sunday, 12/8, or shop right here on our website for 20% off your entire purchase*. Stock up on condiments, get your holiday shopping done and fill up on your favorite cheeses.

Use the code THANKYOU before you checkout choose between in-store pickup, local delivery or shipping for your order.

*Sale does not include gift cards, already discounted items or shipping/delivery costs.

Sunday only! Start making your list.

Dec 05, 2019
Shop Staff

Babettes: Place your Thanksgiving Orders

It's time to place your Thanksgiving bread orders! We're excited to have Babettes bread available this year. Seriously, this bread is the best. We will be getting a limited supply of fresh baked loaves in for Thanksgiving so get your order in early before they sell out. You can pick your order up in store on Wednesday November 27th. Place orders for a naturally leavened Country Loaf or their Gros de Sel, slathered in a grassy olive oil with herbs de provence, and sea salt. PLACE ORDERS HERE

Nov 17, 2019
Shop Staff
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Adopt-An-Alp Cheeses are Here!

If you love alpine cheeses or food with a story behind it, this one is for you. We are excited to have Adopt-An-Alp cheeses in the shop now and more coming in December.

What is an Adpot-An-Alp cheese? The movement of people and animals in accordance with the seasons is a centuries old tradition and one that is great for nature and for making delicious cheeses. But spending summers far away from civilization and caring for animals in all seasons and terrains is hard work and a dwindling trade. Adopt-an-Alp unites Alp farmers in Switzerland, where this practice of transhumance has been going on for centuries, and American cheese mongers. We are so excited to be one of those cheese mongers! Through telling the story of each family, sharing photos and updates, we are able to follow our adopted family and herd in Switzerland and see all of the hard work that goes into making an alpine cheese. We are able to support these hardworking farms and then enjoy their spectacular cheese. It's a win-win.

Be on the lookout for these Adpot-An-Alp cow's, sheep's and goat's milk cheeses in the shop.