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Cheese season is upon us! Ok, who am I kidding, it’s always cheese season in my home—but whether you’re in the market for cheesy gifts for a loved one or a colleague, or you’re stocking the larder for your own festive cheese board, the winter holidays are an excellent excuse for a few trurophile-approved purchases.
One of my first food jobs was working as a cheesemonger and the busy season that began each November, and ran steadily through Valentine’s Day, was the stuff of legends. A frenzy of gift basket orders and last-minute holiday party shoppers set the pace and cemented December in my mind as the time to go hard on a cheesy centerpiece. What form, exactly, that centerpiece takes—whether it’s a full wheel of Stilton or a high-drama raclette station—is all up to you
This fall, artist and Financial Times columnist Laila Gohar opened her much-anticipated lifestyle and entertaining shop on Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Among Gohar’s many surreal flourishes—think lace-embellished silver vinyl bistro aprons, mother of pearl salad servers, and menswear-inspired tablecloths—she’s also selling a playful collection of cheese-shaped candles from Italian candlemaker Cereria Introna. My favorite is this partial wheel of gouda—cheese board mood lighting for the “Is It Cake?” generation.
