Meet the Maker Behind the Cheese Champs of 2016 AND 2017: Betty Koster and her L’Amuse Gouda and Brabander

Congrats to Fromagerie L’Amuse and Betty Koster for a Cheese Madness back-to-back! In 2016, we wrote the post below celebrating the win of L’Amuse Gouda, and now in 2017, another cheese from this creamery has also taken a March Madness win! Read about Brabander Gouda’s 2017 triumph by clicking here.   In 1989, Betty Koster founded
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MEET CHEESE MASTERS at The Legends Series World Tour, June 25

With words from Tenaya Darlington, author of “Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese.” The Legend Series: World Tour will be an experience of a lifetime. With a lineup including José Luis Martin, Giorgio Cravero, Phillipe Goux, Betty Koster, Todd and Maugan Threthowan and Stacey Hedges, none of your questions will go unanswered. Additionally, special appearances by
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RECAP: 2014 International Cheesemakers Rock Stars Dinner

Last Thursday, cheese lovers from near and far convened in the Upstairs Café at our Rittenhouse location to celebrate and learn about the wonderful cheeses made by the Essex St. Cheese producers! Just eight years ago in 2006, cheese aficionado Daphne Zepos and Neal’s Yard Dairy partner Jason Hinds came together to form Essex St. Cheese Company and
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Rock Star Cheese Pairings from Essex St.

By Madame Fromage If you’ve picked up a copy of Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese, then you know that there is a chapter called “Rockstars.” Many of the hunks in that chapter come from a single import company, Essex St., in New York that is famous for rocking the American market with some of the best
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