Quattro Portoni: Award Winning Buffalo Milk Cheeses
Quattro Portoni, our Italian buffalo milk cheese producer, has won trophies during the Italian San Lucio Dairy Competition. We carry all four award winners: category : BUFFALO CHEESES – GRAN BÙ: first – QUADRELLO: second – CASATICA: third category: BLU VEINED CHEESES – BLU DI BUFALA : second
The Real Star of the Night
On Sunday, May 6 our Dehesa Cordobesa® Jamón Ibérico was the star of Bon Appetit’s Chef’s Night Out in New York! Click here for a picture of Michele serving our ibérico meats to appreciative chefs.
Michele Buster: Guilde Internationale des Fromagers inductee
On January 16, 2012, Michele was inducted into the Garde et Juré level of the new North American chapter of the Guilde Internationale des Fromagers. The Guilde was created in 1969 to promote and connect the work of cheese professionals. For more information on the Guilde, visit their web site. Photo courtesy of Bob Chang [...]
Dauro: Award Winning Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Click here for a letter of congratulations to Bodegas Roda. Dauro won first place in the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Ripe Fruits category at the Alimentos de España al Mejor Aceite de Oliva Virgen Extra Campaña 2011-2012.
Cutting the Curd
Click here to listen to Michele talk with Anne Saxelby and Sophie Slesinger about importing cheese.
UPCOMING EVENT: Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
Join Michele June 15-17 in Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic. She will be spotlighting some of our favorite products. For more information about attending, visit Food & Wine’s web site.
UPCOMING EVENT: 2012 Summer Fancy Food Show
Come join us June 17-19 for the 2012 Summer Fancy Food show at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. We look forward to seeing you and introducing you to new products, as well as old favorites! For more information on attending, please visit the NASFT web site.
Straight, No Chaser
Click here for a conversation between Michele and Steve Jenkins of Fairway about importing and exporting cheese.
Artisanal Catalan Cheeses
Click here for an article on artisanal Catalan cheeses in Zester Daily, an online publication all about food. We currently work with Salvador Maura, the cheesemaker at Mas d’Eroles, one of the artisans featured. We carry his Castellot and Ermesenda.
Oriol de Montbrú in Utah!
Click here for an article in the Salt Lake Tribune about our favorite buffalo milk cheese from Catalunia, Spain!
7500 Trees
Click here for our certificate from Carbonfund.org for planting 7500 trees. We believe in helping fight global warming by supporting reforestation projects.
A Foodie’s Guide to Valencia, Spain
Click here for an article about Michele’s favorite places and things to eat when she is visiting her favorite Spanish city.
Champion Cheese: Bonati Parmigiano Reggiano
One of our producers, Bonati, will be featured in the first edition of a guide to Italian cheeses (Formaggi, i migliori d’Italia 2012). The guide features 220 producers and 316 cheeses. Only 17 cheeses, however, were called “champions.” Bonati’s 7 Year Aged Parmigiano Reggiano is one of these 17 cheeses. We carry their 2 year [...]
June Promotions
We have the following items on promotion in June. Talk to your sales associate today about signing up! Garrotxa: Spanish goat’s milk cheese Perata: pear preserves from Italy Prosciutto San Daniele: more savory than its Parma cousin.
Featured Dry Goods
These dry goods complement any meal. Click on the product for a link to the full description. Quicos de Chocolate: chocolate covered giant crunchy corn. What else needs to be said? Lemon Bars: lemon and Marcona almonds mix to form this Spanish energy bar. Arrope: candied pumpkin and grape must form this versatile Spanish condiment. [...]
Featured Cheeses
We are in love with the following Spanish cheeses. Click on the cheese name for a link to the full description. Aragonés®: washed curd cow’s milk cheese from Aragón. Mild and creamy, fruity and earthy. Autor®:raw goat’s milk cheese from Valencia. Made by a small producer using natural coagulation, so flavor varies, but is always [...]
Aubocassa: Award Winning Olive Oil
March 2012. AUBOCASSA, the Majorcan olive oil made in Manacor by BODEGAS RODA, has received a Gran Mention in the Sol d’Oro competition. This annual competition takes place under the auspices of SOL, The International Exhibition of Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil, held in Verona from the 20th to the 25th of February. The jury [...]
World Champion Cheeses
Three cheeses we carry won awards at the 2012 World Champion Cheese Contest held in America’s Dairyland: MitiCaña® de Oveja: Bronze for Surface (Mold) Ripened Sheep’s Milk Cheese Capricho de Cabra – Plain: Silver for Soft Goat’s Milk Cheese Capricho de Cabra – Pepper: Silver for Flavored Soft Goat’s Milk Cheese For more information about [...]
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