Pumpkin Cheese Treat & More Fine Cheeses For Halloween

There’s a special treat for lovers of triple-crème cheeses (the creamiest made—up to 75% butterfat). The folks at Murray’s Cheese have enhanced one of the great triple-crèmes—St. Stephen from Four Fat Fowl—as a limited edition for the fall season (photo #1). St. Stephen (the dairy is located in Stephentown, New York) is made in the…
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Halloween Cheeses For Lovers Of Fine Cheese: Part 1

Let the less sophisticated turophiles* make witches’ broomsticks out of string cheese. Here at The Nibble, we’re celebrating Halloween with sophisticated cheeses and…of course…pumpkin ales. If it’s fun you want, check out our article on Halloween fun with cheese. If it’s connoisseurship you want, keep reading. These cheeses belong on a cheese board, but they…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Carve Some Halloween Cheese

A few days ago we recommended cheeses to create a beautiful Halloween-themed cheese plate, featuring artisan cheeses. But not everybody likes fancy cheeses, or has the budget to purchase them. So here’s Plan B: Halloween cheese fun that anyone can afford.   JACK O’LANTERN CHEESE BALL Make your favorite cheese ball recipe and turn it…
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TIP OF THE DAY: French Cheeses With American Meals

A beautiful blue: fourme d’ambert is made from pasteurized cow’s milk in Auvergne. Each wheel is formed from unpressed curds inoculated with a less spicy blue mold than that of its cousin, Roquefort. Photo courtesy Murray’s Cheese.   We have friends who are French cheese snobs. They grew up on it, they love it, and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Colorful Halloween Cheese

Basirion Rosso, a Gouda flavored with tomato pesto. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com.   Basiron Pesto Rosso. Cahill’s Farm Flavored Irish Cheddar. English Cheddar With Harissa. Extra Triple Aged Gouda. Huntsman Cheese. Mimolette. Pecorino With Chile Flakes. Saxonshire Cheese: What do these cheeses have in common? They all are visually on point for a Halloween cheese plate.…
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