Spicy Terre d’Italia Toma Piemontese Cheese

Toma cheese in spicy oil - Can you find this in your country?

The other day my other half turned up with an unusual cheese product, a jar of Terre d'Italia Toma Piedmontese cheese in spicy oil.  This slightly spicy Toma cheese was very good, so I bought another jar the other day.  Really though, I don't think it would be that difficult to have a go at making … [Read more...]

Delectable Crutin Cheese

Crutin Cheese with black truffle

For services rendered my other half received a rather special Christmas hamper this year.  The hamper was crammed full of all sorts of Italian food goodies.  One such goody was something called Crutin.Those in the know will tell you that Crutin is an Italian cheese with pieces of black truffe … [Read more...]

Big and Wormy Italian Cheese

Big Italian Cheese

While Italy is famed many culinary delights, for cheese lovers, Italy's cheese repertoire is particularly mouth watering.There is even an Italian cheese encyclopaedia which contains details of around 700 varieties of the stuff.  That's enough to keep even the biggest cheese fans chomping for … [Read more...]

Magical Morla Cheese

La Via Lattea

My favourite Italian cheese maker, Lavialattea, has done it again. Although this time it's not glorious Gorgonzola, but a super succulent goats milk based formaggio.Lavialattea produces the world's most wonderful Gorgonzola, which I have already raved about, and it also produces some … [Read more...]

No Ordinary Chocolates

Gorgonzola Cheese Chocs

After my little trip round the Paolo Sarpi food fair in Milan last weekend, I came back home with a couple of bags of goodies, including the chocolates you can see in the picture to the left of this sentence.Looks though can be, and often are, deceptive, for the chocolates you see in the photo … [Read more...]