Chantal's Cheese Shop

03/05/2025

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Now that you know, come to the shop, check out website to see our offerings. You have a question? Call 412.621.1203 or email us [email protected]. I will update certain events, holiday hours and such on Google map. But really if you want to get more education post, what’s new, sign up to our newsletter!
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02/28/2025

BOOKS THAT I READ THIS YEAR THAT CHANGE MY LIFE. ( I already hear: I don’t read, books are expensive etc…) you can actually find all these books for free at your local library, they are also available for download in audiobook and ebooks on Libby which is a free app that all you need to access it is a library card. So no excuse!
To understand where we are today and how humanity has evolved you need to look at food throughout history. I promise they are actually really fun to read, and not boring at all!
It is interesting to see how we humans found ourselves in the situation that we are today, politically, historically, and physically. You might know a lot of these facts, but never put them all together.
Food is health. Food is love. Food is pleasure. Food is radical. How what we drink or eat today has changed and will continue humanity. Food that we love might disappear tomorrow. If you want to change the world it will have to start with our food system. If you learn more you discover that EVERYTHING IS RELATED TO FOOD! E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G!
There is a way to fight it, and it might be inconvenient at certain times but it will be necessary as otherwise we might lose forever things we love the most (think about coffee and chocolate)
But also, you want to learn fun facts? Learn about how cereal, vanilla ice cream or apple pie were created. Learn how the colonizers were able to take most of the world dues to what they were drinking. Learn about food in general and the problematic of the science of nutrition and its modern health problems. These are the books to read.

If you have some fun history books that you love and want to share add them to the comments!

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02/26/2025

New schedule is up for the spring classes! With new craft chocolate and cheese pairing classes, discovered Pennsylvania cheeses and much more!
Get your tickets before we run out.

02/16/2025

We rented for all of us to see the fabulous documentary SHELF LIFE.
From executive producer Robyn Metcalfe, directed by Ian Cheney. A 2024 Tribeca festival documentary.

🧀 When: Sunday March 9th @ 2pm start of the documentary (seating start at 1:30pm)

🧀 A global exploration of cheesemaking in unexpected places draws surprising parallels between the aging
of cheese and the human experience, offering a sensory and philosophical journey into time, decay, and
craftsmanship.

🧀 Get your tickets on Eventbrite. You have the possibility to preorder a cheese snack! It will have 3 cheeses plus dried fruits, highlighting 2 cheeses from 2 of the featured cheesemakers ( and !)

🧀 Please be mindful that we are trying to seat everyone together. So try not to leave any single seats between groups. ( if we don’t sell out you will be able to move!)

Get your ticket now!

02/15/2025

Chris is at farmers market 11am to 2pm today!
It’s sh*tty out, so come help all these wonderful vendors that are freezing their butts out there in the rainy slush for you. LET’S FREEZE OUR BUTTS TOGETHER!

02/15/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Chris and I thought our first class together with an artisan cheese and craft chocolate pairing 😋 (we actually got to spend Valentine’s Day together for the first time ever in 13 years !)

02/10/2025

Maybe an idea for all the chocolate lovers out there!

From England to Brazil and chocolate created from wild cocoa, a subscription to Chantal’s Cheese Shop’s Chocolate Club is the gift that keeps on giving.

02/07/2025

Valentine’s Day is coming! Cookies, cheese and chocolate ! How to say I love you properly with good food, made by talented people! We have it all ! 🧡

01/30/2025

Freshly pulled mozzarella back in stock! Come get them before we run out! Made with local cultured curds from

01/30/2025

Tomorrow is the last day (Friday 1/31) to sign up for the new chocolat club! This month we are featuring from Sao Paola, Brazil!

Founded in 2014, Luisa Abram is a chocolate maker that dedicates itself to sourcing micro-lot, wildly grown cacao from the Amazon Rainforest. The chocolate is made small-scale in São Paulo, Brazil by the Abram-Banks family!

01/29/2025

We have NEW Valentine’s Day plate: cheese and craft chocolate pairing!
4 cheese match with 4 chocolates!

1. Bûche de Luçay ( goat’s milk from France .jacquin ) with Citrus Melange à trois from from Utah, made with cocoa that they obtain directly from our farmers in Ecuador. Combined it with the oils from yuzu – an incredible citrus from Japan, tangerine, and grapefruit and added tiny little pieces orange fruit leather.

2. Beppie ( sheep’s milk gouda from Netherlands ) with from Switzerland: Esmeraldas 42% Dark single origin beans from Esmeraldas Coast, Ecuador. Silky notes of caramel, hazelnut and salt float through this chocolate!

3. Comté 18 month (raw cow’s milk from France ) with from California: 75% dark single origin: Brazil, Fazenda Camboa estate. The cacao is deliciously earthy and nutty on its own, but when combined with a touch of sugar, the flavors expand to include honeysuckle, walnut, and even fresh grapes.

4. Black Ledge Blue (raw cow’s milk from in Connecticut) with in Arizona, Warm spices swaddle rich brown fruits in these flavorful beans from Ben Tre, the birthplace of Vietnamese cacao. 70% dark.

*available in small only serve 2 people!
Preorder yours via or website or call us during our business hours!

01/28/2025

This week menu! Perfect time for melted cheese on bread! ( it’s ALWAYS a perfect time if you ask me)