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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"!

Gorgonzola Piccante

Blues
A classic of blues, Gorgonzola Piccante is a soft, creamy, aged blue with a distinctive sharpness and intensity of flavor not found in its even creamier cousin, Gorgonzola Dolce. This cheese is a lovely ivory with a crumbly paste evenly speckled with blue veins, encased in a hard tan rind. The intense, sharp, almost spicy bite of this cheese are irreplaceable and make it a true favorite! Pair with a strong, sweet glass of port, mead, marsala or rum. For a new twist on an old favorite, mix into macaroni and cheese for an amazing earthy dish!
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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.