THE CHEESE
Harbison
Region: Vermont
Country: United States
Milk: Cow
Cheese Type: Ripened, Spruce Wrapped
Producer: Jasper Hill Creamery
Rennet: Animal
Pastoral Fromager Cesar Olivares
This cheese kicks off a series of cheeses that we expect to...
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As Pastoral has grown we've branched out to other Chicago neighborhoods, the Loop and West Loop. More slowly, but surely, we've filled every nook and cranny in our Lakeview shop with just about all the same treasures you'll find at our other...
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THE CHEESE
Kentucky Rose
Region: Kentucky
Country: United States
Milk: Raw Cow
Cheese Type: Semi Firm / Blue Innoculated
Producer: Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese
Rennet: Vegetarian
Pastoral Fromager Cesar Olivares
Cheesemaker Kenny Mattingly comes...
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If you weren't able to make it to the Chicago French Market last week to celebrate Bastille Day, we've got photos for your viewing pleasure. It's not too late to uncork a bottle of Burgundy, put your favorite Greta Pope record on the turntable,...
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THE CHEESE
Bossa
Region: Missouri
Country: United States
Milk: Sheep
Cheese Type: Washed Rind
Producer: Green Dirt Farm
Rennet: Animal
Pastoral Fromager Cesar Olivares
It's always a bold thing to say BUT Bossa is probably one of my favorite...
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We think this is one of the best times of the year to get out and explore Chicago, too!
Metromix wrote this article about where to go and what to take with you as you picnic through the city this summer. They urge us to remember:
Mother Nature...
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THE CHEESE
Great Hill Blue
Region: Marion, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Milk: Raw Cow
Cheese Type: Blue
Producer: Great Hill Dairy
Rennet: Vegetarian
Pastoral Fromager Cesar Olivares
Tim Stone began making cheese in 1996 on the land that...
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David Hammond tried our Up in Smoke and talked to our Fromager Cesar Olivares about the seasonality of goat cheese in this Chicago Sun Times article.
We love cheeses from all seasons... but fresh goat cheeses in spring and summer are hard to beat!...
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