Something I recently learned
I was cheese spoiled in NYC
The selection and price of cheese in both Brooklyn and Manhattan totally ruined me for living anywhere else. As a park slope co-op member, I had access to some of the very best cheese for practically no money. Between the co-op and specialty shops (like my favorite, Grab; Brooklyn Larder, which always had a sample for me to try; and Murry's infamous cheese shop), I had access to some of the best cheeses from all over the world. I don't know if I properly appreciated how dairy lucky I was. Now that I live in New Zealand, cheese is expensive and the selection is slim in comparison. Still, I am finding my way around cheese in Aotearoa, and I hope that I will write about that a bit, here.
