Jasper Hill Harbison: So Earth-Friendly the Tree Hugs the CHEESE
Cheesemonger Sean Kelly gives us the scoop (pun intended) on this gooey Earth Day pick. We really never hear about cheese when talking about Earth Day. It sounds… Read More
Prairie Fruits Angel Food: A Taste of Heaven on Earth (Day)
Robin Minkoff tells us why Prairie Fruits Farm makes the perfect cheese for Earth Day. Back-to-the-landers Wes Jarrell and Leslie Cooperband started Prairie Fruits Farm in Champaign Urbana,… Read More
For Your Consideration: A Cheese for Earth Day
Caitlin Griffith offers food for thought this Earth Day with her pick: Consider Bardwell Rupert. What does Earth Day mean to you? To me it translates into the… Read More
Goat Cheese and Beer: Holler Bock at Me
by Kevin Brooks Bock beers: Big, sweet, malty, rib-sticking beers that were originally made to wrap up the brewing season. The name comes from the town of their… Read More
Meet A Monger Monday: Robin Minkoff
Cheesemonger: World’s #1 Best, #2 Noblest Profession Robin H. Minkoff When I tell people I’m a cheesemonger, they either say, “That’s awesome!” or “Do you like that?” People… Read More
We’ll Drink To That: Beer & Cheese Pairing Basics
Caitlin and Kevin have insatiable appetites for delicious cheese/beverage combinations and they are out to try them all. Today they share some basic tips for pairing beer and… Read More
Meet A Monger Monday: Sean Kelly
The Murray’s Mongers are a ragtag bunch. We all have different stories, but most everyone here has two things in common: that they did not plan to work… Read More
How to Enjoy Winnimere to the Max
Beth Griffenhagen works in Marketing and Events at Murray’s Cheese. She doesn’t believe in rules for eating cheese, but does believe in the pursuit of max deliciousness. First… Read More
Melts Recipes
MURRAY’S BREAKFAST MELT with Fontina Fontal and Nueske’s Bacon from the Murray’s Melts Pack Click here to see Liz Thorpe making our Breakfast Melt on Martha Stewart 2 ounces Fontina Fontal… Read More
Staff Picks: Valentine’s Day Edition
Love is in the air! At Murray’s we get a lot of requests for cheese that will help make the night extra special, and we always know just… Read More
Murray Greenberg (never met him; he died before I got here) was a Jewish Spanish civil war veteran and communist who opened a wholesale butter and egg shop a few doors up Cornelia street in 1940. The old timers tell me that even though he was an old leftie, he was still a street smart capitalist who used to buy cheese cheap and trim it and sell it. 
