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Vermont Collection
& Maplewood Cheeseboard

20% savings -- One Week Only!

Enjoy our exclusive, gift-boxed Vermont Cheese Collection paired with our custom-made Vermont Maple Cheese Board. It's the essential gift this holiday season!

Regular Price: $110
Sale Price: $89

Artisanal Staff Holiday Picks See All Selections

It’s no secret that folks in the food biz love to share their passion for food with friends and family. The staff here at Artisanal is no different and holiday gift giving is the best time to introduce new cheeses or give a taste of the traditional. Here’s a list of what our staff members are giving (and would love to get) this year!
The Artisanal Staff Holiday Picks

Artisanal Classic Tin $65 - $95	Affinage Basket $150	Cheese & Accompaniment Pairings $50 - $70	Carl Mertens Cheese Knives $70 - $130	Exotic & Rare Collection $85

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Also, don't forget to visit our Weekly Cheese Specials and Cheese Accessories Clearance to see what great deals are available for this year's holiday season.

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Hanukkah And Christmas Recipes

Hanukkah
Artisanal Latkes with Cheddar
Serves About 2 dozen pancakes
This potato pancake recipe is the Artisanal interpretation of the classic. Crispy, warm, fragrant, and with just enough cheese. Serve them warm, with an abundance of Apple-Rosemary Chutney on the side. Or get our delicious Cheddar Truckle and Plum Chutney pairing, and you'll have all you need for these scrumptious treats.

Christmas
Roasted Goose With Glazed Root Vegetables and Gooseberries
Serves 4 - 6
This dish is packed with big flavors in addition to the goose. Gooseberries are a perfect foil for the richness of the goose, and the creamy salsify, an uncommon root vegetable that's still easy to find, makes a big impact at the table.

Weekly Trivia

Our editors are busy packing cheese for the holiday season so there will be no question this week. However, we will resume the trivia shortly.

Last Time We Asked: We all know that cheese tastes good, but what are the health benefits to eating cheese?

Answer: When we consider what cheese is made from, i.e. milk, it should be no surprise that it is a "near-perfect" food! After all, milk is our first (and ideally only) food during the beginning weeks and months of our lives. It is an ideal medium for transferring the vitamins, minerals, and other compounds essential to healthy development.

Learn From The Experts

French Cheese & Wine: An Ode to Marie Antoinette $75

On the most basic level, cheese is preserved milk. As such, it also contains almost all of the nutrients necessary to human life. It lacks only vitamin C (which is present in small quantities in liquid milk) and fiber. Compared to milk, cheese also contains some additional natural antibiotics, introduced by bacterial cultures added during the cheesemaking process.

Of course, not all cheeses have the same nutritional benefits; but it is certain that artisanal cheese provides a better balance than many foods between high-quality fats and protein. In addition, several naturally occurring components of cheese have been shown to have anticarninogenic and antioxidant properties..

So when someone says that they could live on cheese alone, they may be a lot closer to the truth than they realize. Supplemented with fruit rich in vitamin C and fiber, cheese is such an efficient, complete, and satisfying food that one may find it difficult to keep the weight on!

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