Spring, and cheese shops are abloom
A note from my operative on the Lower, Lower East Side:
"The new cheese shop at the Essex Street Market opens tomorrow.
They have an interesting mission: stock only artisanal American
cheeses. I recommend a visit for a bit of wine and, of course, cheese."
This new enterprise joins the freshly formed Essex Street Cheese Company — a charming Comté-only outpost run by Jason Hinds of Neal's Yard Dairy in England and Daphne Zepos (formerly a cheese heavy at the Artisanal Premium Cheese Center).
Sensing some market competition? Cheese wars afoot? Nay. It's all friendly on Essex street. Apparently, those who love curd, love community.
Another of my food scenesters reports that Ms. Zepos is acting as consigliere to the new spot's young proprietress. Perhaps cheese maturation mellows the fromager as much as the fromage.
Labels: cheese, name dropping, nyc, shopping
1 Comments:
Just amazing - what an enterprise it's likely to be if it's anythig like the very, very fantastic Neal's Yard Dairy in Covent Garden, London -- where i have been privileged to shop often!
http://www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk/mailorder_index.html
i love it soooooooo much and i miss it so much too. not having lived in London for around 10 years now.
simply the best. if the Essex Street Market can come even close, visitors will be in for a wonderous treat and will want to return again and again! :)
hoorah for sellers who care truly, madly, deeply and passionately about fine food!
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