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Cheese of the Month

Each month the Cheese Lady locations will feature a delectable new cheese at a special rate.

Visit one of our locations to get this month's "Cheese of the Month"!

Prima Donna Aged

Cow Milk
Prima Donna Red or Aged from the Netherlands. It has much in common taste-wise with the aged gouda (actually pronounced how-da) from the same region. The cheese really has a sweet butterscotch-like flavor that is emboldened thanks to the little crystals (crystallized enzymes) contained within. This is a wonderful snacking or stand-alone cheese thanks to its melt-in-your-mouth-ability. A farmers market favorite
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Kathleen Fagan Riegler

Kathleen Fagan Riegler

The Cheese Lady Sisterhood / Founder

The Cheese Lady Sisterhood

Farmers Market Beginnings

In July of 2004 I resigned my real job. I had grown tired of the road. After over 20 years of driving and selling, it was time for a change.

Tongue in cheek I suggested to my husband John, that I go to the Muskegon Farmers’ Market and sell cheese. The previous April we had been in Provence, France. I loved the open-air markets more than anything and we spent countless hours wandering and watching the vendors. Because I was in the cheese business, the cheese vendors particularly intrigued me. John encouraged me to try it and In less than 3 weeks I had a name, a Department of Agriculture license and a sign. I was The Cheese Lady. I bought $500 worth of cheese from the company I had just left and went to market. I sold out.

I love it at the market. The energy is immense. The market crosses all lines. Market goers are a diverse group in every way except one. Everyone there wants to be there. Both the sellers and the buyers.