Archive | June, 2012

Why A Cheese Cave?

One of the first things people notice when they’re browsing around Caputo’s Market is our Cheese Cave. They peer through the glass wall at the rows of cheeses, through the billowing mist, and their almost unanimous reaction is “what the…. A cheese cave?”  The incredulous chuckles are my cue. I saunter over to spread the [...]

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Olive Oil with Roots

We’re crazy about olive oils, especially those that not only taste fantastic, but carry the health benefits associated with olive oil and the history of European food tradition. Everyone, meet L’Estornell Quincentenary. L’Estornell Quincentenary, this is everyone. It’s phenomenal. And rare. Extra-virgin olive oil is all the rage lately. But the world hasn’t seen anything like [...]

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Italian Summer Truffles: $12.44 per ounce!

If you know truffles, you know our passion for those little pieces of pungent glory. If you don’t, oh boy, are you missing out! Truffles are a delightful-often pricey- delicacy, the best of which come from France and Italy. They are a type of fungus that have a symbiotic relationship with specific tree roots and [...]

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Lou Bergier Pichin: Something for Everyone to Love

Matt Caputo is always on the hunt for cheeses that can appease the tastes of more than one crowd- the advanced cheese pros, the open-minded moderates, and the timid beginners. Enter Lou Bergier Pichin, a creamy, delicate cow’s milk cheese. It may look like a French tomme style cheese, it may even sound like a [...]

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The Fine Chocolate Experience Infographic

For our very first post on our new blog, we are proud to present the Fine Chocolate Experience Infographic. The information found on this piece is unique because in that the data was not found by researching the internet; it comes from Matt Caputo’s constant obsession with chocolate, traveling the world, and tasting thousands of [...]

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