Cheese News & Press Releases
CHRISTMAS 2024
We are about to start the busiest 10 days of our year so this afternoon has been my last chance to send out a quick
December 2024
We are fast approaching our busiest couple of weeks of the year and things are already beginning to ramp up in the shop. I love
World Cheese Awards 2024
I’ve just come back from an amazingly couple of days at the World Cheese Awards. Regular readers of my newsletter will know that they were
All Hallow’s Eve
It’s All Hallow’s Eve today (that’s Halloween for most for us!). Thus named because it is the day before All Saint’s Day. This was established
Prague & Leeuwarden 2024
As September is slowly drawing to a close (and it’s pouring with rain here in Pangbourne) I thought it would be a good time to
August 2024
August is a funny old month here in the cheese shop. A lot of our regular customers go away whereas we get an influx of
Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2024
Cheese Etc, The Pangbourne Cheese Shop, has been crowned Best Retailer in the Cheesemonger category and Best Retailer South England at the 2024 Farm Shop
Spring 2024
As I sit here in Pangbourne today there is a definite feeling of spring in the air. The sun is shining and everyone is walking
Costa Rican Wanderings
Amazing beehives and other sights (with some cheese tasting, naturally…) all in Costa Rica! We have just spent a wonderful week in beautiful Costa Rica.
January 2024
Happy New Year to all of our wonderful customers and I hope you all had a very lovely Christmas. We managed to survive the December
World Cheese Awards 2023
I’ve just returned from a fabulous couple of days at the World Cheese Awards in Trondheim, Norway. This annual gathering of the best cheeses in
Puglia is famous for Trulli, Primitivo, Mozzarella & Burrata – this week we’ve experienced them all!
Italy is quite possibly my favourite country to visit. The food is superb, the weather is always lovely and the people are some of the
The Great British & Irish Cheddar Challenge
Set to be the biggest cheddar event the world has ever seen, the first edition of the Great British & Irish Cheddar Challenge will take place on Saturday 16
Cheese Judging and Yorkshire Holidays
We have had a busy couple of weeks which started by judging at the International Cheese Awards at the end of June. We are always
Cheese & History in Madrid
We’ve just had a fantastic couple of days in Madrid (although our flight home was cancelled due to the horrific UK thunderstorms but don’t get
New Cheese Alert!
Introducing Zimbro – Our First Portuguese Cheese! This 450g of oozing deliciousness is the first Portuguese cheese we’ve stocked in the counter. It is produced
Spring 2023
The weather at the moment definitely has the feel of Britain about it. Sunny and glorious one minute, raining cats, dogs & hail stones the
Easter 2023
Hello and welcome to the newest instalment of my Running Cheesemonger blog. For those that don’t know me, I’m Jen and my partner Ali and
Hrudka (Easter Cheese Cake)
Why not try this traditional Eastern European Hrudka (Easter Cheese Cake) recipe… Courtesy of Nadiya, from Ukraine, who is currently living in Pangbourne Ingredients: Method:
Foreign Wanderings, February 2023
We don’t go away very often (our last overseas holiday was pre-covid) but when we do get time to be able to take just over
January 2023
Cold winter nights are perfect for hunkering down with cheesy goodness I asked our cheesemongers to come up with their favourite cheese themed recipes to
Ali’s Aubergine Bake
Ingredients: 2 Aubergine (sliced) 2 Courgette (diced) 1 Medium Onion (diced) 1tbsp Olive Oil 100g Button Mushrooms (sliced) 2 Garlic Cloves (pressed) Pepper to taste
Jan’s Gorgonzola Spaghetti Extravaganza
Ingredients: 400g Spaghetti 100g Gorgonzola PDO 2tbsp Butter 150ml Milk 2tbsp Double Cream 2tbsp Sardinian Pecorino (grated) Salt and Pepper to taste Method: Cook the
Chris’ Caravan Dinner
Ingredients: 8 Sausages (Chris loves Cumberland sausages with that extra bite!) 1kg Maris Piper Potatoes (cut into even sized pieces) 125ml milk 1tbsp butter 150g
