165469 Mon Apr 08 11:02:04 -0700 2002 7 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 883990 Is $10.00 a reasonable price for 500g of Mascarpone reasonable? Other than the Italian Store in Arlington, are there any other local establishments that carry it? Though I do not normally endorse purchasing import Italian goods form chain supermarkets, they are certainly more appealing than a 45 minute drive to Arlington for one ingredient ;). Mon Apr 08 11:02:04 -0700 2002 0 Jeffrey 1 883998 i've seen marscapone for sale at the giant and safeway stores in alexandria. i think the price was definitely less than $10 a pound, but i've never had occasion to try them. Mon Apr 08 15:17:05 -0700 2002 883990 0 dw 2 884001 What are you going to do with the stuff? Chowhounds want to know! Mon Apr 08 15:39:39 -0700 2002 883998 0 Bob 3 884017 In a word, Tiramisu... Mon Apr 08 23:33:04 -0700 2002 884001 0 Roe 4 884122 Try Magruder's or the fancy Giant for mascarpone and Italian ladyfingers. They also have Pilon espresso in the black bag (the good stuff). Fri Apr 12 09:59:34 -0700 2002 884017 0 flavrmeistr 1 884000 I have seen Mascarpone for sale at Fresh Fields and even at my local Safeway, Trader Joe and Harris Teeter markets. They are all much less than $10 per 500g, and all have been fine in my estimation. Mon Apr 08 15:29:37 -0700 2002 883990 0 James G 1 884018 I've bought marscapone within the last 6 months from the Italian store and don't remember it being $10.00. Beware buying marscapone from Fresh Fields in Clarendon: every time I attempted to buy it, it was frozen and/or past its expiration date. Mon Apr 08 23:44:00 -0700 2002 883990 0 FluffyGreyCat 1 884086 try Eastern Market -- Bower's Dairy. Good to get there early in the am or things can get crazy (on Saturdays and Sundays.) They have a phone number -- that I don't know off hand -- so you could call in advance to check. I think they can order any cheese you want -- I know I got some fancy dried ricotta there a couple of years ago. Wed Apr 10 17:35:00 -0700 2002 883990 0 pam