Pale Ale and Cheese: A Pairing Story

Over the years, we’ve put together many different beer and cheese pairings.  These tend to be for events that feature one brewery with multiple beers, and a cheese for each of those beers. Now, when at home, I have never poured myself a flight of beers to go along with my cheese plate. I usually
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Producer Spotlight: Neal’s Yard Dairy

If you’re a regular Di Bruno’s customer, chances are high that you’ve bought cheeses that come to us from our partners at Neals Yard Dairy, even if you didn’t know it. We here at Di Bruno’s have worked with Neal’s Yard since the early nineties, back when pounds of provolone were the most common order and real farmhouse
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Strange and Wonderful Snacks for the Return of Twin Peaks

Whether you’ve got hours and hours of binge-watching old episodes ahead, or if you’re planning Sunday evening viewing parties for the next few months, Twin Peaks is coming back onto many of our radars. And with so much screen time ahead, you’re going to need snacks. Director David Lynch has made it widely known that
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For Those That Believe Everything’s Better With Bacon…Meet The Bacon Jams

Spreadable bacon. Who knew? Bruce Kramer and Michael Oraschewsky knew…and did. The Bacon Jams was originally conceptualized as an ingredient in a snack on a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate menu, and the product line and popularity have only grown since them. Bruce Kramer and Michael Oraschewsky started selling their jam concoction online in 2013, and now sell them in nearly every
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March (Cheese) Madness Approaches – An Interview With Last Year’s Champ, L’Amuse

Flashback – the year was 2016. March Cheese Madness was the game. The categories: Firm, Semi, Blue and Soft. The players – 32 of our favorite cheeses. We ate, we voted, we ate some more.  L’Amuse, the reigning queen of aged Gouda to which all others simply bow, took home a stunning victory, crushing competitors
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“Nun Feta,” And How To Eat It

Our new favorite feta in the store has quite the story. It’s made by Greek orthodox nuns, in the city of Larissa in the mountains of the Peloponnese, in a monastery built by Saint Dominious in 1520. It’s also really good—we didn’t just buy it for the fun descriptors, believe it or not. Let’s step back a
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