294977 Thu Nov 20 11:15:21 -0800 2003 23 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1619669 I gotten some from NYC-area dairies that ship, and also tried Zingerman's, which I wasn't too impressed with. Does anyone have favorite mail order cheese shops to recommend? Thanks in advance, Thu Nov 20 11:15:21 -0800 2003 0 Thor 1 1619674 Try igourmet.com. I haven't ordered from them, but they have a nice selection, and it's worth a shot. Thu Nov 20 11:38:15 -0800 2003 1619669 0 Caitlin Wheeler 2 1619675 I can vouch for igourmet. Great selection, nice delivery packaging. Thu Nov 20 11:45:31 -0800 2003 1619674 0 Abbylovi 3 1619682 Yup, iGourmet. Their customer service is excellent. When I was trying to order whole wheels of certain cheeses, instead of the 1 or 2-lb. wedges offered on the site, the woman I got on the phone walked over to the warehouse, hand-picked the wheels and called me back within 15 minutes with the total weights. And the quality was excellent, too. Thu Nov 20 12:09:15 -0800 2003 1619675 0 GG Mora 1 1619705 Try artisanalcheese.com. They age on premises, and have bunches of really mouth-watering stuff. Thu Nov 20 13:50:57 -0800 2003 1619669 0 bob192 1 1619707 I use www.fromages.com all the time. Amazing French and sometimes Italian cheeses overnighted to your door. Amazing. Thu Nov 20 14:01:52 -0800 2003 1619669 0 missem 1 1619713 The Mozzarella Company has won many national awards for their cheeses. (At the American Cheese Society competition in San Francisco earlier this year, they won 3rd place for their fresh mozzarella, 3rd place for their caciocavallo, 3rd place for their queso blanco with ancho and epazote, 3rd place for their goat's milk ricotta, and 2nd place for their creme fraiche. For other awards in prior years, see their web site.) Many of their products can be ordered online at their website (linked below). Highly recommended. Scott Link: http://www.mozzco.com/ Thu Nov 20 14:16:38 -0800 2003 1619669 0 Scott 2 1619757 I can vouch for this one. The Mozz. Cheese Co is located in my city and I have gone to their shop many times and sampled a lot of different cheeses....they are all wonderful. Thu Nov 20 18:04:34 -0800 2003 1619713 0 LindaH 1 1619763 Off-topic, but... Does anybody remember a mail-order club in the 70's called "Cheeselovers"? It was run by what I can only describe as a flamboyant cheese impersario named Gerard Paul. My family thought he was hysterical and we always looked forward to our monthly newsletter and sampling of cheeses. Not exotic by current standards, but great by 70's standards - I was exposed to havarti, meunster, old bleu cheeses, smoked gouda, and a few other non-cheese items unheard-of in Southern Illinois. Especially liked their Ugly Duckling crackers. Any other memories of this? SC Thu Nov 20 18:16:45 -0800 2003 1619669 0 StockClerk 2 1621666 I remember him well. Cheeselovers International-- a triumph of marketing. I wonder sometimes who he thought he was selling to. He wrote like Liberace spoke: arch, unctuous; oh-too-precious. His rhapsodic advertising blurbs were always good for a laugh. I pictured lonely middle-aged ladies "charmed", their vanities flattered, by this rakish New York entrepeneur, and staging little cheese-tasting soirees to debate the merits of Bel Paese. A favorite line was his offer to take back this cheese "with your disappointed tooth-marks still in it" if it weren't the greatest ever. Eventually he made enough money for a Hasselblad, and his provocatively-posed wedges and rondeles achieved a pinnacle of kitsch art. Everything he sold was marked up about 200%, but hey, what price the knowledge you're of the inner brotherhood of cheese connoisseurs? (And in truth, if you lived outside of NYC or say, Boston, you'd have as much trouble locating some of his "finds" as the customer in Monty Python's cheese shop.) I still have some of the unique cheese-utensils he made available, including one he apparently designed and commissioned. This guy was a bona-fide character, and I have always wondered what became of him. I suspect he's no longer with us because if he were, we'd have heard from him. Anyone know anything about Mr. Paul's post-Cheeselovers adventures? Like maybe going from photographing cheeses to cheesecake? (But I don't think he could have been inclined that way.) He certainly proved Andy Warhol's maxim that everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. And what a place in history-- to stand in the spotlight linked arm-in-arm with Messrs. Jarlsberg and Camembert (Triple Creme, of course). Mon Dec 08 06:00:01 -0800 2003 1619763 0 lwm 3 1621780 Geez, I thought I was the only person who ever heard of this guy. I was given a "gift" membership one Christmas during that time, and bought a few things. I've still never found Havarti as good a his "find" of double-cream. And I'm still using my Couteau-Chopier (sp?)! Gad, I'm such a geek........ Mon Dec 22 15:36:02 -0800 2003 1621666 0 Delightfully Anonymous 4 1621786 I was looking up "Cheeselovers International" out of nostalgia and curiosity, which brought me to these postings purely by accident. (Where am I?) I too used to look forward to ordering cheeses or gadgets from Cheeselovers every month. It was my biggest splurge in those days! One of my favorite Gerard Paul recommendations was Gjtost cheese on a slice of tart apple or juicy pear, to be savored with a crisp dry wine. Unimaginable pleasure! Fri Jan 16 23:33:33 -0800 2004 1621780 0 Serendipity 5 1621791 I found an unopened envelope from Cheeselovers International from 1981...ooooh darn I missed my free stuff and discount coupons based on the amount of my previous orders. Whatever happened to Cheeselovers International?? I miss the college days of looking forward to mail order cheese and friends dropping by with a nice bottle of wine to wind down for the weekend with good music and conversation. Mon Dec 26 21:51:16 -0800 2005 1621786 0 Lisa 6 3798847 Well, it's 2 1/2 years since the last post on Cheeselovers, but I just HAD to write. I just googled it and this was the first site that came up. Upon sorting thru old stuff when moving, I found an order form from July 1977! I wondered if by chance they were still in business. I learned about delicious cheeses from my parents and enjoyed ordering a lot of different kinds from Cheeselovers. As a busy mother of 2, this was our big splurge, too. By the time we had 3 and then 4 children, we couldn't afford their high-priced items. I'm not sure if they stopped sending their mailers because we stopped ordering, though, or if we stopped ordering because they stopped sending their mailers. I am still a gourmet cheeselover, however, thanks to my parents and Gerard Paul. Fri Jun 20 15:17:49 -0700 2008 1621791 202562 mamafoo 5 4951193 YEAH, TOAST! I agree that the "chocolate cheese" (which I compare more to peanut butter) was my ultimate educational triumph from this experience! With Wegman's, I can now get it almost any time I want to make the trip, but I wouldn't even know what it was if not for Gerard Paul, whose name I had totally forgotten prior to finding this blog! Sun Aug 16 15:23:54 -0700 2009 1621786 1102170 60srad 3 1621783 I LOVED Gerard Paul -- living as we did in Wyoming at the time, it was our lifeline to civilization. I still think his fruitcake was the best I ever tasted, and I certainly learned a lot about what GOOD cheese was supposed to be. Thought he was a fantastic marketer, and whoever his copywriter was, deserved a Clio for great sales writing! Sun Jan 04 01:41:40 -0800 2004 1621666 0 Stevie 1 1619927 I've had really good luck with Cabot's in Vermont. Pretty much just cheddar, but very good Vermont Cheddar. Link: http://store.cabotcheese.com/index.tmpl Fri Nov 21 14:25:01 -0800 2003 1619669 0 fladd 2 1619941 fromages.com - impeccable, but very pricy crowley cheese in Vt. (their extra sharp) - its a colby cheese, rather than cheddar, good and strong I note that the igourmet products some have recommended are available through the amazon site in their new gourmet foods store - purchase through the chowhound link to amazon and you will support this site as you buy your cheese. Fri Nov 21 15:15:43 -0800 2003 1619927 0 jen kalb 1 1621784 I don't know if you are still looking for a mail order cheese shop, but one I know of with very delicious cheeses is Formaggio Kitchen (www.formaggiokitchen.com) cheese is always sent at the peak of perfection or they won't send it, and will offer you something else. Sun Jan 04 20:35:40 -0800 2004 1619669 0 steakandeggs 1 3799850 I've had several orders from Cowgirl Creamery (gifts from my sister). They were quite good and arrived in excellent condition. Their catalog has a nice selection of organic cheeses. http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/ Sat Jun 21 05:07:54 -0700 2008 1619669 165021 Firegoat 1 3801548 Agree with Cowgirl Creamery and igourmet.com. Would also like to throw in murrayscheese.com Sat Jun 21 22:21:41 -0700 2008 1619669 12752 MsDiPesto 1 4376094 These folks don't have an extremely wide selection--they only sell what they make at the university's dairy--but what they have is quality. Cougar Gold is legendary in these parts. Sat Jan 31 15:04:45 -0800 2009 1619669 27327 MsMaryMc 1 4377871 Farmstead in Providence, RI does an excellent job: http://www.farmsteadinc.com/shop.html Crazy knowledgable staff. Sun Feb 01 11:28:18 -0800 2009 1619669 13020 fullbelly 1 4951246 Cowgirl Creamery. Sun Aug 16 15:55:39 -0700 2009 1619669 90755 Phurstluv