by Jacqui Eisen | Jun 27, 2015 | Serving it Up
We have fun trying different tastes here at the European Pantry. Today, we offered customers a chance to compare two different ways of using feta. We started with “kajmak” style feta. This is a smooth creamy feta that is very amenable to making spreads...
by Jacqui Eisen | Apr 11, 2015 | Food for Thought
Yesterday, a customer came in confessing that he was twenty minutes down the road home to Toronto when he realized he had forgotten to stop by our store before leaving. He turned around. Last weekend we had a group of Torontonians come by. Immigrants from Russia, they...
by Jacqui Eisen | Apr 8, 2015 | Food History
At The European Pantry, we keep a container of leftover cheese pieces from our sampling sessions. I try to label them but sometimes I pick up a piece neatly wrapped but with no label. I like all the cheeses we sell so I don’t mind these surprises when I am...
by Jacqui Eisen | Apr 7, 2015 | What's New
Do you associate food with music? One of our many special cheeses, Bellavitano Espresso Cheddar conjures up dark notes of jazz for me! This is a reserve cheddar that has been rubbed in espresso for a rich taste that lingers on the palate. In contrast, Bellavitano...
