We Love It: Goat Cheese 10 Ways
Goat cheese is known for its bright, fresh, and lemony flavors. During the winter I stick to stronger washed rind and Alpine style cheese, but as spring… Read More
How to Throw A Raclette Party
Raclette comes from the French word “Racler” which means to scrape. It is a cheese traditionally eaten in Switzerland. The Swiss cow herders used to take the cheese… Read More
Boozy Dessert Idea: Beer and Ice Cream
Kevin Brooks is the resident beer geek at Murray’s Bleecker St. Not the first thing that comes to mind, right? Who would drop a scoop of chocolate ice… Read More
Who’s Afraid of IPA’s?
Kevin Brooks is a cheesemonger and self-proclaimed beer geek. This Saturday he’ll be leading a seminar at the Craft Beer Festival in NYC. The beers in this post… Read More
Murray’s Gets A Makeover! Meet the new murrayscheese.com…
Cheeselovers, rejoice! It’s the all new Murray’s Cheese website! We’ve got to say, we think it turned out pretty great. Take a few minutes to browse the site… Read More
Azure Skies and Snowy-white Rinds
by Caitlin Griffith At your next party – perhaps even celebrating the warm weather streak that we hope is here to stay – you absolutely need to serve… 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
Thanksgiving Canapes
Thanksgiving Canapes Featuring Twin Maple Farm Hudson Red, Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Creminelli Americano, Boat Street Pickled Raisins & Urban Oven Crackers From Beth Griffenhagen, Murray’s in-house Entertaining Maven… 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. 
