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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 11) to enter. One winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. 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: 322 Comments:

right now it's manchego, but I'm hoping it will soon be Stichelton -- just ordered some from Zingerman's last week!

buffalo mozzarella .. i know, boring, but I love it! I love most cheeses.

Tallegio, without a doubt.

Point Reyes Blue

It's winter. I want cheese that's melted onto something. A grilled cheese sandwich. A pizza. Fondue. Nachos.

That's my answer: melty cheese.

Sharp Cheddar, the sharper the better

Humboldt Fog

"Happy Holidays! Bel Paese is a favorite of mine. I like to have it
with various kinds of crackers. Thanks for the contest! Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

Muenster....although that Point Reyes blue is my favorite blue....it's sooo yummy!

what a difficult question! everyday: sharp cheddar. special occasion: saint andre or taleggio

A nice, pungent Roquefort or Stilton. Mmmmmmmm.

Gorgonzola Dolce

grafton 4-year cheddar. sharp and crumbly with tiny little crunchy crystals.

Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk.

manchego cheese.

Bucky Badger smoked string cheese.

Zingerman's cream cheese

I love Epoisses

tie between mozzarella buffala di compagna and humbolt fog

Muenster Cheese :D stinky but I love it

Tillamook sharp cheddar, and Robusto from Whole Foods.

Blue Wensleydale!

Didn't you already ask me this? Robiola!

fresh ricotta

another vote for epoisses

Right now I'm loving a mango stilton.

Cheese?! Any kind that comes out of a cow/goat/sheep/llama... You name it.

I'll go by volume and answer: sharp cheddar.

Brie cheese as well as good ol swiss

Caciocavallo, brie and havarti. I love other ones (Boursin, Gorgonzola and mozzarella are right there on top, too), but these are my first choice.

A good sharp cheddar

an unnamed cheese that the mother in my host family in my host family in guatemala served. the production process may have involved a cave? my spanish wasn't good enough for me to be certain.

Everything goat!

Big Ed's, from a little creamery in Wisconsin

Gotta love Burrata... worth every penny.

American on my Burger
Mozzerella on my Pizza
Gorgonzola on my Salad
Gruyere in my Fondue
Swiss on my Reuben
Muenster on my Ham & Cheese
Harvarti, Gouda or Cheddar for my snacking

Cambazola - the frankenstein of cheeses (more like the Peter Boyle version, not the DeNiro version). 50% Camembert, 50% gorgonzola. 100% love.

Triple cream, full fat. What else can you ask for?

Fresh Mozzarella

Aged cheddar

My favorite kind of cheese is Gouda, without a doubt.

Celebrity Dairy Silk Hope, an ashed, mold-ripened goat cheese.

xtraxtra sharp cheddar, so much that my teeth hurt

brick cheese from Widmers in Theresa WI

Spanish manchego

brillat savarin, blue goat cheese and zingerman's farm cheese

This must be a trick question. Isn't enough to simply point out that cheese is one of my all-time favorite foods? No? You want me to pin it down to ONE cheese? Gimme a break...

I'm going to say brie or camembert for now.

But by the time I hit submit, I'll have changed my mind. There's just no way to identify one really good cheese as being better than the others.

So difficult. No, impossible. I'll just say feta. But it could be so many others...

Yummy creamy Havarti of course!

recently tried a raw-milk Comte from Formaggio Kitchen - definitely the best I've had.

Fresh mozzarella. Preferably made that day. Nothing better.

Brie. Unless it's topping a ham and cheese sandwich, then Emmentaler. Also, Beecher's Flagship, made right here in Seattle, is an excellent all-purpose cheese.

Montgomery's Cheddar

Gorgonzola piccante

Bocconcini (little mozzarella balls). Marinated in olive oil and eaten with crusty bread and a roasted red pepper.

This is such a difficult question. Right now I'm into manchego. But ask me again next week & I may have a different answer!

Right now I am in love with La Tur.

Torta del Casar

I'd love to eat good cheese curds again.

Most any blue cheese

I love most cheeses. Though growing up I didn't think I liked cheese because all my parents ever bought was American "cheese". I discovered the joys of mozzarella while working at a pizza shop and now I'll try most any cheese you put in front of me.

pecorino tartufello

Drunken Goat!

I love to try all sorts of cheeses, but I always return to medium cheddar for snacking. :)


Creamy goat cheese from a farm in Texas.

Oh, that's a toughie. Depends on the circumstances. Stilton is a perennial favorite, but I also love Leiden cheese, and cubes of Gruyere are great for snacking. A current favorite is Cambozola.

A nice blue will do it for me every time.

I love cheese!My current favorite is extra sharp cheddar.

Cheddar. Does that make me boring? I like a good vanilla ice cream, too.

Spinach cream cheese thickly spread on a toasted bagel. Yummmm.

goat cheese or sharp cheddar

roquefort or any good, stinky blue.

So hard to choose just one! My four favorites at the moment are Thistle Hill Tarentaise, Jasper Hill Constant Bliss, Cashel Blue, and just about any fresh, local goat cheese.

Sheep's milk ricotta is remarkable.

Sardinian Casu Marzu... Also known as cheese with worms.

4% cottage cheese purchased in an 8 oz container served icy cold & eaten with a ice tea spoon straight out of the container!

Stilton, love it. Want to try Stichelton now.

Maytag Blue Cheese

manchego ftw!!!

Parmigiano reggiano!

Beemster XO Extra Double Aged Gouda

Aged buffalo gouda

I have to pick just one? A nicely aged cheddar, I'd have to say.

I love La Tur, it's a combo of sheeps, cow and goat. Creamy goodness!

Saint-André ...Yummm...

Everyday I have a new favorite cheese. Currently it's Guggisberg Amish baby swiss... bought at the factory! YUM!

Fresh hot pepper cheese curds purchased to snack on while visit cider mills in upstate NY.

Sharp Cheddar

Anything from Rogue River Creamery in Oregon

Maytag Blue

A nice plain goaty chevre.

mmmm...tangy!

Bleu cheese or parmigianno reggiano...love to eat the rind!

I'd go with my current favorite: Pecorino Fresca. What a great cooking cheese!

Great Hill Blue from Massachusetts, or a nice aged Parmesan.

sharp cheddar

Mozzarella or Swiss

I like Pochego. It's a cheese from France that makes the best nachos. If you don't believe me, you can read the liner notes from Rubber Soul.

manchego, please!

today it is Parmigiano-Reggiano

Um, it comes down to two ... Parrano has a nutty flavor that can't be beat, but Humboldt Fog is equally as delicious.

Ricotta Salata - mmm, sheep's milk ricotta.

Pecorino Romano; I eat it [pretty much] every day.

Doddington! No other cheese I've tried can beat it.

I'm on a horseradish cheddar kick at the moment.

Feta and I put it on my salad all the time

Good Parmesean. the REALLY good stuff.

extra sharp cheddar

stilton . . . with cranberries

either parmigianno reggiano or brie


chevre -- goats do well

sharp cheddar is the cheese for me!

lingot de quercy

Gargonzola....do you take off for spelling?

cave aged French Gruyere

PLeasent Ridge Reserve

I love the aged stuff--good parmesan, cheddar, gouda.

Aged parmigianno reggiano with maybe a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar.
Talk about a fantastic pairing of really different flavors.

Dubliner is my new favorite!

Tomme d'Abondance reminds me of my summer vacation in the French Alps.

Aged or smoked cheddar or brie...

Stilton fo sho

Sheep's milk ricotta

Extra sharp cheddar...

Robiola Tre Latte

Parmigianno reggiano ... it can do anything ... it is the superman of cheeses.

leyden with cumin

So hard to choose. Today I'm going to go with tallegio.

on this cold and rainy day, it's black diamond cheddar

sharp cheddar or muenster

This is torture. I am a certifiable "Cheese Whore" and picking just one is REALLY hard.

Every cheese has its very own characteristics that make cheese amazing. You have creamy, tangy, hard, dry, smooth, fruit studded, wine soaked, dirt coated and cave aged, nutty, salty, sweet and herbaceous.

With so many wonderfully tantalizing possibilities to choose from I think that I will go with the nutty and herby combination and say Swiss Marechal. Herb crust rubbed and aged to nutty-licious perfection it pairs perfect with crusty bread or seedy crackers and pear or quince paste (or figs... oh but don't get me started on figs). And it also melts down for an amazing addition to a smoldering melty luscious Fondue and makes the most delicate and delicious cheese toast imaginable.

Yes... Swiss Marechal
Simply divine.

Today I love haloumi. But I love all cheese!

Fromager d'Affinois, so creamy and buttery!

Aged (3-5 years) smoke gouda

Aged English cheddar

cashel blue is probably my favorite, but i am also in love with a small batch ricotta called Salvatore Bklyn that is made in boerum hill, brooklyn, by two women. they use whole milk instead of whey, and fresh lemon juice. it's so creamy - amazing.

Anything that's made from sheep's-milk

i love me some chevre

mozzarella/pepper jack/also, cheese curds

English stilton

Sharp, sharp cheddar!

I love stopping at Zingerman's and usually leave with a loaf of Paesano bread.

Major's Farmstead, Westminster, Vermont - Sheep's Milk, one year old...

Grand Old Man (pecorino)

Old Amsterdam - aged gouda. mmm.

Manchego, Dubliner, and many others I've only had once, including a cheese by Herve Mons whose name I can't remember and a Basque shepherd's cheese from Trader Joe's.

Explorateur!

Humboldt Fog, this week.

Smoked Gouda!

Another vote for humboldt fog. It's so good.

Fresh buffalo mozzarella. Can't beat it when it's tomato season, slice that fresh cheese, still a little warm, served with fresh basil leaves and good olive oil. I'm drooling.

Brieeeeeeeeee! But marinated mozzarella has a special place in my heart as well.

cave-aged gruyere

It's like asking to choose a favorite child! Desert island cheese would parmigiano though.

Irish cheddar--I love the texture.

Chevre. What can I say? I'm a simple girl.

mt tam from my beloved (and much-missed) Cowgirl Creamery!

It's a toss up between Brin d' Amore, purple haze or Pierre Roberrt

My favorite is Brillat-Saverin, although I currently am quite fond of truffled pecorino.

Jarlsberg. Again.

Roaring 40's blue is rocking at our house right now. But, I have to include Époisses as my favorite.

Asiago, definitely

oh my! I love cheese. Lets see.

a tangy sharp cheddar

or

lacey baby swiss

Stilton with a side of grapes and a ripe pear....and don't forget a nice glass of port!!

for the sake of brevity: vacherin mont d'or

Scamorza from DiPalo in New York - I go through 2-3 balls a week

Sharp Cheddar!

Extra extra sharp cheddar

Hrmm..choosing is so hard..Parmigiano Reggiano probably.

today's fave is queso fresco...

saint andre- yum!

asiago is yummy to snack on and to shave onto food.

Wow, I love a contest! Honestly, I'm not a fan of cheese, never have been, was even told by my doctor (inaccurately) that I was allergic! But, I'd love a chance to enter. Parmesan is probably the only cheese I can tolerate.

Sottocenere with truffles great to eat all by itself or in a risotto.

The stinky cheese - EPOISSES

gruyere...and smoked mozzarella...and aged cheddar...and...oh, yeah, I am only supposed to pick one...

Last week I said goat cheese but would have
to go with Humboldt Fog since I saw it in some of the other responses.

Everyone has a fancy cheese they like. Not me! I like muenster and havarti.

aged parmesan

brie...baked. with apples! yum.

a really good brie

pecorino!