Alex and I like cheese. A lot.For the last 9 years, we've always had a cheese store within striking distance. Ithaca had Wegmans, Copenhagen had too many to count, and Forest Hills has Cheese of the World.
As far as selection goes, Cheese of the World is a little on the small side, but they choose good stock. Alex prefers soft, spreadable cheese, although he has favorites in every category. I like them hard and stinky. Some of our favorites are: triple cream brie, Stilton (which Alex describes as dry and creamy at the same time), Aged Cheddar, Port Salut, Danish Blues, and then an array of well-aged cheeses including Manchego, Gruyere, old Goudas (Old Amsterdam is a favorite), Etorki, Roncol, Idiazabal, etc.
On this visit, Ellie and Nico tagged along. Nico refused to try any, but Ellie would have tried every cheese in the store if they'd allowed it. Instead she had to settle with trying 4. (She tends toward my tastes in cheese, which delights me since it means we can get MORE!) In the end we settled on three, a cave-aged gruyere, a soft French cheese with walnuts (I can't remember the name), and a fairly boring Monterey Jack to grate onto the enchiladas I was making. A good haul if I do say so myself.I have no idea what our future options will be when we move, but even if we have to drive (gasp!), we'll find cheese.
2 comments:
My cheese tastes are akin to Ami and Ellie. My favorite is aged sheep cheese make in the Canary Islands. But, as you know, we haven't been able to duplicate that smell and taste.
My guess is that the New York City environs may be the only place in the nation with the variety and international "flavor" of cheese.
Su Padre
Small selection at The Cheese Store? It is all relative. Super Target has the most kinds of cheese in Utah Valley, all fifteen of them shrink-wrapped in plastic. So if you have to drive to get to cheese, don't go further west than Austin Street. Mexican food, on the other hand...
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