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Seriously Delicious Giveaway: Zingerman's Gift Certificate

20071203zingermans.pngI don't know about you, but this time of year my mailbox is full of food catalogs offering me food I don't really want. There are a few exceptions, of course, and Zingerman's is certainly one of them. The Zingerman's Catalogue is full of honest food, delicious things that the company makes, or stuff that Zingerman's partners Ari Weinzweig and Mo Frechette have discovered in their far-flung travels.

Stuff they make includes terrific bread, baked goods, and cheese. Carefully chosen olive oils, condiments, vinegars, and various sausages, the stuff of many a serious eater's dream, come from small artisanal producers all over the world. So today's Seriously Delicious Holiday giveaway, a $50 Zingerman's Catalogue gift certificate, is something every serious eater will covet.

To win this passport to delicious food from around the world and from Ann Arbor, Michigan, just leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite cheese is.

You have until noon ET tomorrow (December 25) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters—if not on December 25 (as we'll be off tomorrow), then on December 26. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply. Contest winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S.

If you don't win, here's a secret code to get 10 percent off any food you buy at Zingerman's Mail Order by December 31, 2007. Enter 27PC1203 when you check out online or ring them at 888-636-8162. The nice folks there will give you 10 percent off all the food (offer doesn't include shipping, gift certificates, or already-discounted items).

Comments are closed: 410 Comments:

mm. humboldt fog and super fresh buffala mozzarella

Stilton. I recently found a wonderful recipe for Stilton, bacon and chive savory mini cheesecakes... Heavenly!

Breakfast cheese from Rouge et Noir in Petaluma, CA

Purple Haze and Reblochon, but not together.

something white, non-swiss

Chevre, though I admit to occasional sheep milk feta obsessions.

I don't consider buffalo mozzarella cheese. I think it's a holy substance from the gods.

I've never met a cheese I didn't love. But I think fresh mozzarella is my favorite.

I'm pretty un-sofistikated when it comes to cheese. Provolone, cheddar, jack, moz - all are fine by me. No American, please.

Manchego rules.

I love Gruyère - I've had a dish called Belgian hangover pasta; it has this cheese, thick spaghetti, ham, and a fried egg...breakfast perfection.

My favourite is definitely a nice creamy gorgonzola. Cheese lover that I am, I had never had it until last year, and somehow had entirely the wrong idea what it was. Then someone brought it to a wine tasting and I was hooked!

smoked mozzarella. It is an amazing thing.

mmm goat cheese!!!

manchego or fresh ricotta

I love most cheeses. My favorite day-to-day cheese is Monterey jack. In salads, I like goat cheese, feta, blue cheese, or even gorgonzola. Gruyere on top of onion soup.

Gorgonzola, Piave, Humboldt Fog, chevre...tough to pick just one!

Buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes, basil and a drizzle of oil & vinegar. Maybe a dash of spices.

Manchego, pepper jack, mozzarella, and fontina. Yum!

Munchee- sweet muenster

Gruyere. Sliced fresh as I sit in front of my TV all by myself.

I just love Havarti

Havarti with dill!

Fresh Mozzarella!

I am a fan of Extra Sharp Cheddar. However just about any cheese is welcome on my table.

la vache de qui ri!

gouda is good enough for me

farm house cheddar.

Today? Vacherin Fribourgeois. Tomorrow could be something else.

Pepperjack cheese is the best, but none of these wimpy peppers. Habanero Jack wins hands down.

I love all cheese! Mozzarella would be my favorite.

I do love cheese - my favorite is jalapeno!

Jarlsberg Norweigan Swiss!!

sometimes nothing is better than standard American

Imported Provolone

Irish cheddar

Manchego ... or a great Stilton.

goat cheese

mozzerella and manchego

extra sharp cheddar.

Havarti with dill

4% cottage cheese

mozzarella! Yummy!

Thank you!

:)

Zingerman's cream cheese

I love me some Swiss here.

sharp cheddar

Swiss Cheese

Mozzarella cheese!

My favorite cheese is Saint Nectaire. It is a stinky cheese that tastes like hazelnut and mushrooms. It is only available for a short time. I wait with bated breath each year for the new batch to arrive.

cream cheese

parm, fabulous parm! And maybe stilton bringing up the rear..

I love a really good american

I love spanish cheeses, especially cana de cabra and garrotxam and good comte.... mmm. I miss getting to try new ones at Zingermans!

Smoked mozzarella.

I love Caerphilly cheese... haven't had it in years since it is near impossible to find outside of Wales.

smoked mozzarella

Love to win this! American cheese!

Homemade Buffalo mozzarella

My favorite cheese of all time was Liederkranz, but I hear they don't make it anymore. Currently, I'm rather fond of Carambola.

I love cheddar, every color and sharpness.

I love Manchego! I finally made membrillo at home to go with it~ delish!

definitely cheddar.

How to pick one? I love em all.....but I have to say the cheese I cannot live without is Pecorino Romano.

Maytag Blue Cheese.

cev426 beat me to it...Pecorino Romano is my fave for food. Eating straight or with a cracker, I'd have to say a basic sharp cheddar.

Good 'ol American

Smoked mozzarella

today it is tallegio

Pecorino Romano

humboldt fog! and asiago and gorgonzola, and so so many.

My favorite new cheese I discovered this year was three shepherds.

Veggie Cheese

Smoked gouda

I love Zingerman's! It's one of the best parts of Ann Arbor.
My favorite cheese is white cheddar garlic. So good!

fresh mozarella

My favorite cheese is havarti with dill, but I also like monterey jack and parmesan.

aged cheddar

Limburger - don't knock it until you try it.

Swiss is my favortie cheese.

Color me Muenster

Tillamook Sharp Cheddar and Robusto from Whole Foods.

fresh mozzarella

Mozzarella or Swiss

I love all cheeses, even the stinky ones. I would have to say sharp cheddar is a favorite.

Double Gloucester!

There is nothing else like a Tangy Sharp Cheddar and a slice of hot Apple Pie!!!

Asiago, if I spelled it right.

Anything from Carr Valley in Wisconsin, but especially the cocoa cardona. Also, honey goat cheese with a burnt sugar crust, served with shortbread cookies.

I love cheese, and it's really hard to pick one, so I'll go with my three "most favourite" again: brie, havarti and kashkaval or caciocavallo. But also, Stilton, mozzarella, provolone, boursin, smoked gouda...

sharp cheddar

Bucky Badger smoked string cheese

anything from a goat.

Manchego. They should change the name to Zingermanchego!

My favorite is sharp cheddar cheese in almost everything!

Smoked gouda.... mmmmmmmm. Delish.

Gjetost (and I just ran out! Alas!).

dill havarti...=)

Wow, that's an almost impossible question to answer... ummm... at this particular moment, I guess it's emmenthaler. But it will probably be something else in 30 minutes...

Pure, real, parmiagiano reggiano

anything that is seriously stinky

smoked mozzarella

Mozzarella. It's the best.

at this moment id say muenster

Langres! Or Mozzarella fresh from Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, NY.

A nice domestic goat cheese--yum!

American Cheese for me:)

Young Gouda

parmiagiano reggiano

Colby cheese is the best.

Hot Pepper cheese is my favorite!

Currently swiss because the other day my girlfriend and I were shopping and I said "How about swiss?" Then she said," It's not luxurious. It's got holes in it." Not sure why she said it, but it was really funny.

mozzarella di bufala

Wow,that's a tough one....my favorite today is brie.

american white cheddar

Smoked cheddar

EXTRA, EXTRA SHARP CHEDDAR

mozarella

It depends on what I'm having with it. But I couldn't live without Gouda, Muenster, Parmigiano, Roquefort...

Colby Cheese

My favorites of today are two I enjoyed at a cheese tasting last week, and have been craving since; Pierce Pt. from Cowgirl Creamery, and Grayson from Meadow Creek

Sharp cheddar

My favorite everyday cheese is Monterey Jack, but Brie for special occasions.

I love Zingerman's deli. I was fortunate enough to work within miles of their Ann Arbor store.

Lorraine swiss!

mozzarella!

mozzarella!

mozzarella!

and

more

mozzarella!

I love smoked sharp cheddar! It makes such a wonderful Mac and cheese

Muenster (the real Muenster from Germany, not the salty orange-on-the-outside American version)

I am fond of Piave

I like me some goat cheese.

A very very sharp cheddar.

Warm Brie on toasted French bread slices. YUM!

lacey baby swiss or a sharp cheddar

Colby cheese, sliced thin!

In Boston we really enjoy our cheddah.

Vermont cheddar.

goat cheese. yum.

a nice aged Bree w/ some rustic bread and grapes

hands down, a great triple cream brie!

I LOVE CHEESE! I like many different kinds of cheese but use goat cheese the most.

Umpqua sharp cheddar...

Aged Sharp Cheddar

extra sharp cheddar

EXTRA SHARP CHEDDAR!

Smoked Gouda.

String cheese cause its stringy :D

fresh buffalo mozzerella

I love my smoked mozzerella!

Swiss, pretzels and a beer

fresh, squeaky cheddar curds!

The fruit cheeses of England.

I love Longhorn cheese or smoked cheese

parmigiano-reggiano...or monty's cheddar

Just about everything but feta (it smells like feet to me).

I just love feta cheese.

I like Swiss melted over meat dishes.

Gouda or Feta, Colby or fresh mozzarella ... I have lots of cheese choices

Zingerman's is the BEST - haven't been there since my daughter graduated from the U of Michigan - any cheese they recommend is sure to be great!

cheddar or swiss, or even pepper jack. I love cheese.

White stilton with mango & ginger, not very tangy.

Vermont White Cheddar followed closely by Jalapeno Jack cheese

parmesano reggiano

I like a nutty swiss like Gruyere.

i would follow a comely piece of SWISS anywhere!

German Butter Kase :)

A well aged gorganzola

I only get one - that's not fair. OK - MOssholder's Brick Cheese from appleton, wisconsin. However, I also love a good Huntsman with the Stilton stripes. I'm baking brie inside puff pastry with homemade apply butter for Xmas and Jarlsburg (sp?) swiss rocks.

Damn, I'm hungry. What's in the freakin' fridge?

pepper jack

Extra Sharp Cheddar.

Aged english cheddar

monterey jack!

Sharp Cheddar!

Too many, but today I'll choose Parmesan...

Baby Swiss is my favorite!

I love baby swiss

anything french

I love goat cheese

I love cheese. Extra sharp cheddar is my favorite.

anything goat.

I love smoked Gouda

Favorite cheese is Bleu.

I really like to munch on Blacksticks Blue.

Today? Provolone...

manchego!!!

I love them all but havarti is #1

Very very fresh Mozzarella

Love that swiss!

cheddar cheese is the one for me. I just love cheese. thanks.

Lately it's been gouda, simply because I can use it in so many different dishes and they all taste great!

Smoked cheddar is my favorite, I think....

Brie cheese...it blows my mind that something that smells so horrible has the capacity to make me so happy upon eating. The smooth texture and the way it melts in my mouth is beyond compare.

Feta cheese!!

love cheese but fav is smoked cheddar

i think i would eat rocks if they had cheese on them! but seriously ... havarti or fromager d'affinois. yum!

I cannot live without romano cheese.

baby swiss with the tons of little holes in it!!

french triple cream

smoked cheddar on crackers is the best! I love cheese so much I think i was a rat in another life!!!

Humboldt Fog

Ohhh....cheese lover here! Swiss, cheddar, jack...

But my favorite is Touma which I can't find anywhere! :( (it's kind of wet and salty.)

I love them all, but if you're going to make me pick, then I'll choose fresh mozzarella di bufala..and winey goat...and Saint Andre...

My favorite cheese is guryere. Just love to make fondue!! AND Zingerman's is the best!!!!

Vacerin Mont D'or when in season, Idiazabal when available, Robiola, Fourme d'Ambert or anything delicious - there are just too many to name just one.

Guyre cheese especially when it is backed over toasted French bread floating on top of French Onion Soup served in a Quart Croc! Anyone have the original recipe for this after theater menu deight as served by the original Maxims in Chicago?

chocolate carmel cheese cake

Muenster cheese :D mmm!

Anything white... just nothing soft.. Im not all that particular :)

Love feta!!

I have a feta-ish for greek....

Gorgonzola. A beaut to see and eat.

happy holidays to everyone and good luck whoever wins

feta cheese for me, too!

Good ol Cheddarella for me please

Whatever's in the refrigerator.

Sharp cheddar

southern "hoop" cheese

My family and I like sharp cheddar

Mozzarella is my favorite!

Brie cheese is the bomb!!!

Pepper Jack for me

Can't decide between Pepper Jack and goat cheese. Hmmmm....

i love the nutty flavor of asiago

I love Havarti.

Cheese, glorious cheese! Mozzarella is my favorite.

Beecher's Blank Slate with Honey

MOZZARELLA, I top pizza with it. I don't know what I would do without my mozzarella.

Asiago cheese

I love Munster

Colston Bassett Stilton

limburger. great prize today. thanks.

Maytag Blue!

we love cheese at this house

Hot -pepper.

Blue cheese, can't live without it.

Gorgonzola is divine and so versatile for cooking. Today I had a garlic pepper havarti from a micro maker selling at the farmers market; so much flavor. From another micro seller I have a garlic and dill fromage I've been spreading on spinach wraps with hummus, veggies and nuts for roll-up sandwiches. But I guess if I had to pick one I'd have to revert back to my childhood and go with fresh curds. Yum!

Cheese makes me smile.

cabot horseradish cheddar

Cheese is my hands down favorite foodon earth. I can't think of anything that isn't improved with some cheese. Favorites? Fresh or fresh smoked mozzerella, creamy French Feta,

Horseradish cheese sliced from the deli

Aged Gouda or Manchego, actually I don't think I've tried a cheese that i didn't like, and Zingerman's is definitely a great place to try cheese!

Gotta have my Swiss!

AMERICAN CHEESE

Chevre for me. Toast small pieces of baguette, spread some chevre on top, top with a thin slice of fresh tomato and eat! Yum!

My favorite is Provolone.

I love Swiss cheese

real Greek feta

swiss is definitely my favorite

Swiss with nearly anything, Gouda to just eat

I love cheddar cheese. Thanks for the giveaway.

Monterey Jack

Right now .... St. Pat's from Cowgirl Creamery, wrapped in nettles!

cheeeeesecake!

Fresh Mozzarella

Havarti cheese, sliced as thinly as possible, then layered on hot roast beef.

Parmigiano-Reggiano but on some days Emmental

Brie... warmed & melty... served with roasted garlic, apricot preserves and some nice toasted slices of french bread.

swiss merry christmas

Swiss cheese

My favorite cheese is Swiss.

LOVE WARMED BRIE

Swiss cheese.

I absolutely love Swiss, but last night tried champagne cheddar, and it was wonderful.

The cheese lover I am I love it all buy my favorite is Coby and Cheddar cracker slices they taste delicious between the ritz crackers.

A nice smooth, creamy goat cheese. Great on a salad, just as great on an alligator sausage sandwich.

sharp cheddar

I like the Hot -pepper cheese the best.

I love Feta

anything smoked!

Extra sharp cheddar

Kind of boring but I love Extra Sharp White Tillamook cheese.

brillat-savarin

not a big cheese fan but enjoy a good pepper jack melt on chips

muenster, mozzerella, provolone

My husband likes pepper jack and I am happy with cheddar (except at a REAL sandwich store where I can get GOUDA!!!)

Love Cheese and especially a good Brie.

surfing goat cheese

mmmm...Havarti

love all cheeses sharp cheddar being one of them

Brie sounds good at the moment.

smoked cheddar.

Love this site

God Bless
Good luck to all
Merry Christmas
&
Happy New Year to all

mild cheddar.

Any cheese is a good cheese, but a favorite is pecorino romano.

Sharp Cheddar

My fav is swiss!

Delicious tangy chevre....mmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

love provolone cheese

Extra sharp cheddar! Merry Christmas, everyone.

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