France

Sliced for simplicity in the kitchen, these bright preserved lemons are the perfect way to add floral, tart flavor to a host of salads, tagines, stews and even grilled fish.

Soumaintrain is a farmhouse French cheese made with cow’s milk in the Burgundy region of France. The soft paste has a distinct pungent yet sweet and creamy flavor resulting from numerous washings with a solution of brine and Marc de Bourgogne. The quantity of Marc de Bourgogne is increased during the maturation period until the cheese develops an excellent orange colored,...

Le Chablochon is made by Fruitères Chabert, a third generation family owned creamery, founded in 1936. They use milk from neighboring dairies in the Savoie region, ensuring freshness and quality. Chablochon was inspired by the classic Reblochon de Savoie. The thin orange rind encapsulates a rich, soft, sticky paste. Flavors are buttery, with subtle notes of grass and hay.

Fruitière Les Fins is a large co-op of producers and dairies that produce about 65 wheels of Comté per day! They’ve worked with their affineur Rivoire Jacquemin for about 60 years, creating a symbiotic partnership. The Comté wheels are aged on spruce slabs and rubbed with hand harvested Guérande and Noirmoutier salts. At around 15-21 months they develop flavors of dried...

Fruitières Gillois is nestled in the Natural Park of Haut-Jura, just next to the Switzerland border. The cows graze on a pasture full of various flora, most notably wild cumin. Instead of the traditional milking parlor, the dairymen at Gillois go out to the pasture to milk the cows. Once the cheese is formed, and approved by master cheesemaker Benoît Sigonney, it gets sent off to...

Produced in Cowgirl’s facility in Petaluma, California, this line maintains the high-quality standards Cowgirl has set for the past 20 years, but along a simpler set of products. They’ve only been distributing these cheeses locally, due to their short shelf life. We have been working with them since the start to set up special order and make cycle that would allow us to sell...

A mini version of the beloved Fromager d’Affinois double crème brie. The paste is rich, smooth, and creamy. The rind is thin and unassuming allowing for the flavors of buttery cream to dominate. The small format makes it perfect for small cheese plates or gift baskets.  Fromager d’Affinois goes through a special step called ultrafiltration. While traditionally rennet...

This washed rind, sheep’s milk cheese has been one of our staff favorites. Named after the town where it is made in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France, Tomme Saint Georges strikes us as a cross between a traditional tomme and a sheep’s milk alpine. The paste is moist and creamy, and the flavor starts with toasty bread notes and finishes richly with notes of sweet cream, chives,...

Technically a double-crème soft cheese, Petit Suisse is made with prized Normandy cow’s milk. The texture is firmer than most yogurts, but very rich with a silky texture. Available in a mixed three-flavor pack (peach-pear, strawberry and apricot-mango), Petit Suisse doesn’t contain high fructose corn syrup or artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. These adorably small...

Located in the Centre-Val de Loire, Fromagerie Pascal Jacquin et Fils has specialized in making and aging the region’s traditional and exemplary goat’s milk cheeses since 1947. This fairy tale region is a land known for its majestic castles, wildlife, fishing, Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc-rich vineyards and, of course, goat’s milk delicacies. Fromagerie Jacquin is currently...