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Time to break out the slow cooker

Time to break out the slow cooker

Di Bruno Bros

Here at our Rittenhouse location many of the meat team members look forward to the arrival of fall. As the temperature starts to drop, slow cookers of all kinds start...

Time to break out the slow cooker

by Di Bruno Bros

Here at our Rittenhouse location many of the meat team members look forward to the arrival of fal...

Richard-Luis Morillo: Cheese Specialist

Richard-Luis Morillo: Cheese Specialist

Di Bruno Bros

Years at Di Bruno Bros.: about 3 Hometown: Bayside, Queens and North Merrick, Long Island His specialty: I deal with a lot of our affinage, especially of the washed rinds....

Richard-Luis Morillo: Cheese Specialist

by Di Bruno Bros

Years at Di Bruno Bros.: about 3 Hometown: Bayside, Queens and North Merrick, Long Island His s...

Dippin' Savory (Duck Prosciutto Ice Cream)

Dippin' Savory (Duck Prosciutto Ice Cream)

Di Bruno Bros

When the duck hits the pan, it immediately releases a sour, musty odor that fills the nostrils -- and the whole house for that matter. It sizzles, and you wait...

Dippin' Savory (Duck Prosciutto Ice Cream)

by Di Bruno Bros

When the duck hits the pan, it immediately releases a sour, musty odor that fills the nostrils --...

Extra Aged Pleasant Ridge Reserve: America’s Best

Extra Aged Pleasant Ridge Reserve: America’s Best

Di Bruno Bros

Here’s the wedge every cheesemonger is talking about: Pleasant Ridge Reserve. Earlier this month, it won “Best in Show” at the American Cheese Society Awards – a.k.a. the Oscars of...

Extra Aged Pleasant Ridge Reserve: America’s Best

by Di Bruno Bros

Here’s the wedge every cheesemonger is talking about: Pleasant Ridge Reserve. Earlier this month,...

Country Ham: Prosciutto of the South

Country Ham: Prosciutto of the South

Di Bruno Bros

[caption id="attachment_788" align="alignright" width="244" caption="! IT-1010V-base,EV-0099,GM-1300"][/caption] Growing up in the South I was completely surrounded by everything pork, from bacon to bbq. Now that pork is the new BLACK, I...

Country Ham: Prosciutto of the South

by Di Bruno Bros

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You're Acting Like a Real Pig!  Or, Why Heritage Pork?

You're Acting Like a Real Pig! Or, Why Heritag...

Di Bruno Bros

The pig is known as the king of the kitchen, or he ought to be if he isn't, but over the years the noble swine has been crossbred into a...

You're Acting Like a Real Pig! Or, Why Heritag...

by Di Bruno Bros

The pig is known as the king of the kitchen, or he ought to be if he isn't, but over the years th...

Scharfe Maxx: Swiss Power

Scharfe Maxx: Swiss Power

Di Bruno Bros

G­­­­oing into October, I find myself craving Alpine cheeses. They have an earthy quality I associate with root vegetables, like turnips and rutabagas.

Scharfe Maxx: Swiss Power

by Di Bruno Bros

G­­­­oing into October, I find myself craving Alpine cheeses. They have an earthy quality I assoc...

Feastival Recap

Feastival Recap

Di Bruno Bros

Last night, Di Bruno Bros was proud to participate in Feastival, a charity event benefiting Philadelphia Live Arts. While donations, auctions and raffles are still being calculated, it is not...

Feastival Recap

by Di Bruno Bros

Last night, Di Bruno Bros was proud to participate in Feastival, a charity event benefiting Phila...

Wensleydale: A British Classic for Summer’s End

Wensleydale: A British Classic for Summer’s End

Di Bruno Bros

Besides being a star in Wallace & Gromit cartoons, Wensleydale has a great story. It’s made by a single creamery in Yorkshire, England that relies on a recipe from twelfth-century...

Wensleydale: A British Classic for Summer’s End

by Di Bruno Bros

Besides being a star in Wallace & Gromit cartoons, Wensleydale has a great story. It’s made b...

Customer Testimonial - Jesse's Wedding

Di Bruno Bros

I am writing to express appreciation for the service that was offered to my wife and I by members of your catering staff and in particular by Nicole Shatzel. Our...

Customer Testimonial - Jesse's Wedding

by Di Bruno Bros

I am writing to express appreciation for the service that was offered to my wife and I by membe...

Beer and Cheese Recap: Cigar City Jai Alai

Beer and Cheese Recap: Cigar City Jai Alai

Di Bruno Bros

Last night we tried something a little different for Happy Hour...gotta keep those regulars on their toes! Instead of pairing three cheeses with three beers, we paired three cheeses with...

Beer and Cheese Recap: Cigar City Jai Alai

by Di Bruno Bros

Last night we tried something a little different for Happy Hour...gotta keep those regulars on th...

Pecorino di Pienza: The New Cocktail Cheese

Pecorino di Pienza: The New Cocktail Cheese

Di Bruno Bros

I started back to work this week after summer vacation, and believe me when I say: Grrrl needed a martini. That put me in the market for an after-work cheese,...

Pecorino di Pienza: The New Cocktail Cheese

by Di Bruno Bros

I started back to work this week after summer vacation, and believe me when I say: Grrrl needed a...

Beer and Cheese Recap: Nodding Head

Beer and Cheese Recap: Nodding Head

Di Bruno Bros

Many thanks to Gordon and Curt from Nodding Head Brewery for bringing three outstanding beers to play with. Of course, they seem to find themselves here every Wednesday night, regardless...

Beer and Cheese Recap: Nodding Head

by Di Bruno Bros

Many thanks to Gordon and Curt from Nodding Head Brewery for bringing three outstanding beers to ...

ACS Travelogue: Day 4

ACS Travelogue: Day 4

Di Bruno Bros

Day four in Seattle was all about repeating to myself "I am not worthy, I am not worthy..." Our first class was a charcuterie tasting with the following quartet: Herb...

ACS Travelogue: Day 4

by Di Bruno Bros

Day four in Seattle was all about repeating to myself "I am not worthy, I am not worthy..." Our f...