STAR PROVISIONS-CHEESE

Okay Atlanta, I know I am behind, but I am slowly discovering Atlanta's power-house restaurants and best kept secrets. Star Provisions is one that I have been dying to explore, along with their well known and acclaimed restaurants. Like the new, Abattoir, which I am simply dying to go to. Star Provisions calls itself "A Cook's Marketplace". I'm all over it. They offer meat, seafood, cheese, sundries, a bakery and top notch restaurants. So I strolled in on this lovely morning and started off by purchasing some cheese and wine. My two favorite things at my new favorite spot. I beelined to the back of the shop, to the cheese counter. The lovely, extremely knowledgeable woman behind the counter helped me out immensely. I started off by asking her which cheese was her favorite. She responded with Cabot's Clothbound Cheddar. Cabot? Cheddar? "No effing way", is what I'm thinking. So I tried it and ended up coming home with half a pound of it! It was so close to being like my favorite PRIMA DONNA cheese, which I've been searching for high & low. My mother is coming to town this week so a great cheese plate, made by yours truly is in high demand. I didn't stop there. I continued trying and purchasing. Finally, I opted to buy a Robiola... Robiola d'introibio. I also grabbed a bottle of 2007 evodia granacha. Star Provisions will now be a shop to be visited in my weekly routine. 1198 Howell Mill Road Atlanta GA 404.365.0410