Try It!

If you've never had real Swiss fondue you're really missing something special. My only regret is that I live in an area that usually doesn't get cold enough to really enjoy fondue to its fullest. To compensate (and because we love winter) my wife and I often go to the mountains where it does snow and when we do one of the first things we enjoy is Swiss fondue.

I've found that the cheeses in this assortment make a wonderful and very authentic Swiss fondue. Just be sure to have a loaf of crusty French bread handy as well as white wine and kirsch. And don't skimp on the kirsch; it really makes the fondue special.

My family and I have found that fondue is best served the traditional Swiss way...as a main course. It's just too filling for an appetizer and just so good you want to eat your fill! There's nothing quite as relaxing as a good fondue on a cold winter's night. This cheese assortment is the first really authentic fondue assortment I've found since my days of backpacking and hitchhiking around Europe.

I really can't praise this cheese assortment highly enough. You really have to make a fondue yourself and taste how good it is to believe it. Try it! Please! Once you do you'll become an addict!More detail ...

Dulce de Leche

Caramelized goat's milk cured and shaped into bricks by genuine Norwegian trolls! 'Ekte Gjetost' means literally 'genuine goat cheese' but this cheese bears little resemblance to any "chevre" you've eaten recently. It's sweet. Some people think it tastes slightly like peanut butter. As one reviewer has already declared it has roughly the texture of buffed-up Velveeta. It's one of the prides of Norway and by confessing that I love the stuff I'm making a case that I myself deserve the Nobel Peace Prize since I'm a Swede. Ja då! Alltså! Pan-Scandinavianism shall we say? If nationalism were only expressed by touting one's local cheese rather than one's military might or religious certainty!



This 'Tine ekte gjetost' is a tastier cheese than the more widely sold Ski Queen which blends cow and goat milk. Either one however needs to be somewhat fresh; you can keep them half of forever in your refrigerator but the flavor deteriorates especially when the cheese is exposed to air. You can judge by the color; if there are darker duller edges it's gotten senile. People eat gjetost most often as part of a breakfast spread. You shave thin slivers of it from the block and let it melt on your tongue or else eat it on simple flatbread. Härlig! Var så gud ....More detail ...

I Love French Cheese!

As much as my family and I love cheese from Italy and Spain we love French cheese more. France is a country that produces more than 100 cheeses so it must have been difficult to choose only four for this assortment but in my opinion four of the very best were chosen.

We are all watching our weight at my house so we eat a lot of salads. While cheese is definitely not a "diet food" a little in a salad goes a long way especially when you're using Buche Chevre. My children love it on crackers as well.

My wife and I reserved the chaource and the epoisses for a "wine and cheese" party but believe me they are so wonderful and so special you'll be tempted to eat them anytime party or not.

The Gruyère de Comté is just so special I can't really find words to describe it. It's rich. It's creamy. It's delectable. We often eat it as a dessert cheese. Yes it's really that good!

If you're looking for a special gift you can't go wrong with this French Cheese Assortment. These are four of the finest cheese France has ever produced.More detail ...

It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

The assortment arrived in excellent condition in a styrofoam cooler packed with reusable icepacks. The sage cheese was intensely sage flavored. It was superb. The Stilton was at the top of it's game excellent with crackers or fruit. The cheddar was straight from across the Atlantic. I closed my eyes while I was eating it and I was back at the Angel and Greyhound Pub in Oxford England. It doesn't get any better than this. I highly recommend this assortment.More detail ...

If you love cheddar cheeseyou will like this assortmentof cheeses.

If you love cheddar cheeseyou will love this assortment from igourmet.com...The cheese manages to be sharp yet sweet to my pallet...For cheese lovers only...An excellent gift...5 star rated....More detail ...

gifting

I gave this as a gift at Christmas and the recipient is still raving about it several months later!More detail ...

Wonderful Cheeses

Everyone in my family loves cheese and we especially love French and Spanish cheeses. We recently received this cheese assortment as a gift and we really loved all of them.

Our favorite cheese in this group was definitely the Manchego. It was decadently rich and creamy and the flavor transported me back to the days when I was a student hitchhiking my way across Europe.

Neither my wife nor I had ever had the Mahon Reserva but we really liked it. It's sharp and tangy so we ate it in much smaller portions than the Manchego. We had never had the Idiazabal either and I have to say this smoky cheese has become one of our family's favorite rivaling even the Manchego. It's perfect for cooler weather or to nibble on with an apple a loaf of crusty bread and a glass of full-bodied Rioja.

The Murcia al Vino was divine. This is a special cheese and one that we love sharing with friends. All of the cheeses in this Spanish Cheese Assortment make a wonderful gift for yourself or for the cheese lovers in your life.More detail ...

These are excellent authentic cheeses from italy.

We just tried this excellent cheese sampler package...The quality is superb and i have just ordered their 4 pound package...The cheeses are of excellent quality..You cant go wrong...An excellent buy..5 star rated.More detail ...

I never met a Parmigian' I didn't like

And this one is no exception. My mouth is watering as I write this.



I am a SERIOUS Parmigiano-phile who can eat at least a pound in one sitting. My poor Nonna Lucia could not keep a wedge in her humble Bronx home without my sister and I devouring it piece by piece until only a tiny chip was left sitting in the fridge -- much to everyone's dismay when it was time to put the cheese on the table to go with Nonna's homemeade spaghetti (LOL.I can laugh now....).



Nonna eventually took to hiding the Parmigiano until The Right Culinary Moment came.



This cheese has a wonderful grainy texture a VERY good "Mouth" feel to it and is bursting with sparks of intensity. Why wait for the grater? Take out the Chianti or the Merlot cut a hunk or two from the wedge and enjoy this cheese -- now!!More detail ...