Posts Tagged ‘dining’

Ideal Cheese Shop Hosts French Cheese and French & Corsican Beer Demo

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

The Ideal Cheese Shop, New York’s trusted gourmet cheese shop, invites all cheese lovers to a French Cheese and French & Corsican Beer Demo on Saturday July 10, 2010 from 12 noon to 4 in the afternoon at the Ideal Cheese Shop outlet at 942 First Avenue, New York.

Ideal Cheese is hosting this French Cheese and French & Corsican Beer Demo to coincide with the celebration of Bastille Day, a French national holiday on July 14. Customers and guests will be treated to free beer and a delectable assortment of French cheeses.

For more information please call Michael at the Ideal Cheese Shop at 1-800-382-0109 or email cheeseinfo@idealcheese.com.

About the Ideal Cheese Shop

Ideal Cheese is New York’s trusted gourmet cheese shop named World’s Best Cheese Shop by Forbes.com and 56 years in business. Ideal Cheese offers a selection of over 250 cheeses from 17 countries. Their cheeses are always fresh and hand cut to each order.Idealcheese.com today!

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Cappello del Mago Cheese: Goat Cheese for the Diet Conscious

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

When was the last time you ran out of cheese? Do you remember the last time you went to the grocery store and found yourself all confused with the overwhelming selection of cheeses available? For the regular customer, picking out any cheese is simple. But for people like you and me who are a little concerned with our weight and figure, even picking the right cheese can be quite a task.

According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), cheese is giving Americans heart attack each day. According to their research, Americans are getting too much fat from cheese. Fatty cheese is everywhere – on sandwiches, on salads, and even on fries. And what is more surprising is that, regular cheese is doing more damage to our hearts than beef and butter.

So what do we do in order to stay fit yet satisfy the creamy cravings of our mouth?

One type of cheese that is getting the attention of the health conscious is goat cheese. Goat cheese is known for its tangy flavor, but what most people do not know is that it is much healthier than the regular cheddar cheese.

Cappello del Mago is a kind of goat cheese made by the Gianluca family in a small town in Peidmont, Italy. Every piece of the Cappello del Mago is considered as a work of art – it is slightly crumby, creamy and is full of flavor and tastes perfectly in the mouth with the right balance of flavor and acidity.

The Cappello del Mago cheese is a great substitute for regular cheese because it is low both in fat and calories. While cheese from cow’s milk generally has around a hundred calories and ten grams of fat per ounce, the  Cappello del Mago cheese only has eighty calories and six grams of fat. This makes the Cappello del Mago cheese a better choice if you are watching over your waistline.

Aside from having less fat and calorie content, the Cappello del Mago cheese is also a good alternative for people who are lactose intolerant. This is because the fat molecules in goat cheese are shorter than that of the regular cheese, making them more digestible and light to the stomach

But perhaps the best benefit that you can get from the Cappello del Mago goat cheese is its high calcium content. Although it is low in fat and calories, goat cheese is a very rich source of bone preserving calcium. The amount of calcium in goat cheese can differ from about forty grams in soft cheese up to 240 grams in hard goat cheese, making it a bit higher (as far as calcium content is concerned) compared to cow’s milk cheese.

With the Cappello del Mago cheese, you will have lower fat, lower calories, and high calcium content – now isn’t that a pretty combination?

If you can’t do away with cheese but is concerned about your diet, the Cappello del Mago cheese is for you.

Go and try the Cappello del Mago goat cheese now!