Chicagoist: In Search of the Cheese of the Month: September Edition

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:26:47 -0600

Okay, so you win. I'm in the clique. I'm one of you. No different. We are the same. Now quit nagging me about registering.

Ferdy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:14:24 -0600

So then you belong to our little Chicagoist clique after all. The only way not to is to stop posting. I recommend you do that immediately.

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:35:49 -0600

Exactly, Ferdy my fellow cipher. There is absolutely no difference between calling yourself Ferdy and calling yourself guest.

Ferdy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:24:25 -0600

So does guest. You're just a cipher amont ciphers.

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:08:50 -0600

Oh yeah, I know all about you, Ferdy. Names like spook and Naven and thecurmudgeon and Ferdy say so much about a person.

Ferdy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:43:07 -0600

If registering makes me part of a clique, well... WHAT? It just means people know who's talking.

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:01:56 -0600

Cheese ... it's what's for dinner.

Guest Number Four

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:12:28 -0600

I'll eat cheese with you, Number Eleven. Email me....

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:12:52 -0600

Behold, the power of cheese.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:09:02 -0600

Mr. Dahl ...? I don't get it, Chuck. And I say the same thing everytime you Chicagoistas start spouting off about registration ... I have no interest in being part of the clique, I don't buy into your stupid reasons to do it, and I refused to be nagged into it.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:51:27 -0600

It looks a lot like Cabra al Romero, which is a Spanish goat cheese with rosemary. Fromartharie is only an importer, and it looks like (from their website) primarily a branding/marketing organization... so you might try asking for the Cabra instead... You might also be hitting the "Costco" effect. Because they are a "bulk" reseller, sometimes they will stock an item because they've negotiated a big buy, but not regularly carry it. I've had that happen before there. It might also be because good goat season is on the wane... if it's a fresh goat cheese, the season is really best in spring/early summer. As fall approaches, we goat lovers (that doesn't sound quite right...) will have to do with aged cheese, unless you want factory farmed chevre... and who wants that!

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:46:38 -0600

Trugole cheese with arugula! It's an Italian cheese and it is delish!

Chuck Sudo

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:37:31 -0600

"I want someone to eat cheese with." You should register, Mr. Dahl.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:25:37 -0600

I want someone to eat cheese with.

petermavrik

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:08:00 -0600

Halloumi, the cheese you can grill that won't melt into a puddle! Also available at Binny's.

Ferdy

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:37:51 -0600

I recommend Delice de Bourgogne triple-cream cheese. It's spreadable and superbly edible. You can get it at Binny's Skokie.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:30:49 -0600

I bought some of that cheese at the Costco on Clybourn... I think it might have been in May.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:47:05 -0600

I don't wear the cheese. The cheese wears me.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:36:10 -0600

I think that my mom grabbed this cheese completely by accident last weekend when we were at a great market, City Fresh Market, at Kedzie and Devon. I love it. It has the rosemary and looks just like the photo you posted. I hope that's it!

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:29:19 -0600

Definitely check with Binny's and Sam's.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:07:52 -0600

You can always eat cheese.

Ferdy

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:47:25 -0600

I'd suggest you contact the company and find out who their Midwest distributor is. Then you could find out where to buy it here. Did you call Binny's? They have yummy selections at the Clark St. and Skokie locations.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:46:59 -0600

Have you tried calling Pastorial (sp?) on Broadway? Also, check with a few different Whole Foods, as they don't all have the same product. My Whole Foods (Halsted & Waveland) has these *divine* Dark Chocolate Goat Cheese Truffles. The cheese guy told me they were the only WF in the city carrying them. Good luck. Goat cheese with rosemary sounds divine.

guest

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:46:16 -0600

How dissapointing! I don't know where to get that fabulous sounding cheese, but I have a suggestion for next month. I'm heavy into Portugese chesses lately, and Serra da Estrela is awesome. You can get it from Fox & Obel.