Thursday 7/1/10 at the North Park Farmer's Market

It's time for the long holiday weekend and this is the best market in town to stock up early for entertaining. We'll have a few of the tasty new American cheeses in advance of our All-American Cheese Fest. So, if you can't join us Saturday, be sure to get to North Park tomorrow afternoon for some tasty American (and other) cheese!

BOSCHETTO AL TARTUFO Mixed milk (sheep/cow) cheese with white truffles
BLUE d’AUVERGNE Salty, creamy and mildly piquant French blue
CABECOU FEUILLE Leaf-wrapped rounds of chevre with plum brandy & peppercorns
CABOT CLOTHBOUND CHEDDAR One of our all-time favorite cheddars. Won ACS Best in Show in 2008! (Waterbury Center, VT)
CASHEL BLUE Fruity and mildly salty Irish blue from County Tipperary
CHAORCE Soft-ripened rounds of cow’s milk cheese. Chalky when young and oozy with age
DANTE Firm seasonal ewe’s milk cheese from award-winning Wisconsin Sheep Co-op. (River Falls, WI)
FROMAGER d’AFFINOIS The brie-like bloomy rind encases a rich, oozy double creme
HUMBOLDT FOG MINI’S The same great cheese you know, but in 1lb rounds sold whole or halved (Arcata, CA)
MORBIER LAIT CRU Classic French cheese traditionally made from raw morning and evening milk
NOORD HOLLANDER Rich, crystalline Dutch gouda aged 5+ years
PIAVE VECCHIO Hard, tangy cow’s milk cheese from Italy’s Veneto region
PURPLE HAZE Soft chevre blended with lavender & fennel pollen (Arcata, CA)
TOMME d’SAVOIE Full-flavored cheese from the Savoie Mountains; made from raw skim milk.
WINCHESTER JALAPEÑO GOUDA Sharp and spicy raw Gouda from Winchester Cheese (Winchester, CA - near Temecula)

See you in North Park!

North Park FM Selection - Thur June 3rd

It seems more folks are discovering (or rediscovering) this much-improved weekly market. From the redesigned layout to the growing mix of vendors, this Thursday market has developed into the ideal pre-weekend shopping experience. We hope you'll come out and support the many excellent farmers and vendors bringing great food to North Park each week!

North Park Farmer's Market
Every Thursday, 3-7pm
Located in rear part of the CVS parking lot
@ North Park Way/32nd St

This week's NPFM Selection

GRATTE PAILLE Rich, decadent triple crème from French producer Rouzaire

BUCHERON Soft-ripened French goat - excellent with a drizzle of honey

PURPLE HAZE Soft chevre blended with lavender & fennel pollen (Arcata, CA)

TAUPINIERE w/HERBS Tangy chevre assortment with herbs, pepper & ash coating

ARDRAHAN Nutty and pungent washed-rind cheese from the Emerald Isle

GARROXTA Excellent Spanish goat with a suede-like natural rind

MAHON Semi-firm cheese aged 4mos from the Spanish island of Menorca

FLOR de ESGUEVA One of the world's finest Manchegos, made from raw sheep's milk

JUNI Tasty Italian cheese made from cow's milk and juniper berries

PARMIGIANO REGGIANO Real DOP Parm, just split this week. This is as fresh as it gets!

BEEMSTER XO Aged Dutch Gouda with great crystals & butterscotch flavors

FOURME d'AMBERT Fruity and mild French blue. Another customer fave!

VALDEÓN Intense Spanish blue made from raw cow and goat milk, wrapped in sycamore leaves.

TasteCheese Launches @ North Park FM This Thursday!

We're really excited to be back in our old hood (or at least just up the road from it). The North Park Farmer's Market has been around for a couple years now, and it's definitely had challenges. However, there have been a couple of recent developments that make us very, very optimistic about the market's future and eager to be a part of it.

First, the market has previously been limited by daylight since the lot it's located in did not have power for vendors to add lighting. Recently, that problem was fixed and the market can now offer set hours into the early evening so folks can visit after work. The other development was the recent appointment of Catt White (manager of Little Italy and the upcoming Adams Ave markets) to manage and grow the market. Catt has been a key player in San Diego's food scene for a number of years and with her connections and tireless energy, we expect North Park's weekly market to soon become one of the best in town.

We hope you'll be a part of the growth of this market and will visit TasteCheese often!

North Park Farmer's Market
Every Thursday, 3-7pm
Located in rear part of the CVS parking lot @ University Ave & 32nd Street

NPFM Weekly Selection - Thursday April 29, 2010

Humboldt Fog (soft goat from Cypress Grove in Arcata, CA)
Purple Haze (goat w/lavender&fennel pollen also from Cypress)
Pecorino Crotonese (raw ewe's milk cheese from Sardinia)
Morbier (Classic French cheese from raw cow's milk)
Chimay Biere (Beer-washed cheese made by Belgium monks)
Tipperary Cheddar (Tangy cheddar from the Emerald Isle)
Cave-aged Gruyere (Swiss classic made from raw cow's milk)
BeemsterXO (Like butterscotch, this Dutch gouda is a fave!)
Truffle Noire (Tasty Dutch gouda studded with black truffles)
Roaring 40's Blue (Everyone loves this tangy Tasmanian blue!)
Peppadew Peppers (Stuff these w/PurpleHaze - fantastic!)