How often do you turn over your products at the grocery store to read the ingredients and you can’t understand half of them? At Jacobsons we strongly believe in providing products with natural ingredients that you can taste, sense, and appreciate. Summer is finally here in Ottawa and at Jacobsons, we’ve got some of the [...]
New Cheese has Arrived
July 13 10
At Jacobsons we are enthusiastic about tasting new cheeses. We all have our favourites (for some of us every cheese is a favourite) but it is also fun to try new cheeses and get creative with pairing, cooking and entertaining. Why not start a cheese tasting party once a month with a group of friends. [...]
Great Grating for Your Summer Creations
June 28 10
Summer is approaching and with it comes new creative culinary adventures. Why not try out some new cheeses to top your summer salads? The team at Jacobsons Ottawa is challenging you to come out and try a couple of their favourite grateable cheeses. The Chevre Grand Affineur: An extra aged goat gouda from Holland. This cheese [...]
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire
June 18 10
Smoked cheese is any cheese that has been specially treated by smoke-curing. It typically has a yellowish-brown outer “skin,” which is a result of this curing process. Smoke curing is typically done in one of two ways: cold-smoking and hot-smoking. The cold-smoking method (which can take up to a month, depending on the food) smokes [...]
Belvoir
June 18 10
Summer is finally here in Ottawa and at Jacobsons, we’ve got some of the best tasting soft drinks from England to quench your thirst. All natural Belvoir Pressé. The history of cordial production at Belvoir Fruit Farms has its origins in the kitchen of the founder Lord John Manners’ wife Mary. Mary made the odd [...]
Mothers Day Gifts
April 22 10
At Jacobsons, we feel extremely lucky to be a part of the everyday lives of our customers. From offering a budding young foodie his first bit of St. Agur Cheese, to seeing little eyes light up as they carefully consider their choice of cake for that night’s special supper, we cherish our time with you. [...]
Jewellery Trunk Show-May 7,8 &9th
April 22 10
*Update (the trunk show is extended till Sunday May 9th) Meet Canadian designer, Loranne Kettlewell and get a sneak peak at her summer collection as Jacobsons welcomes in the warm weather with a Jewellery Trunk Show for Mother’s Day. Loranne Kettlewell seizes hold of classic design, taking decades one by one and mixing them to [...]
Jacobsons Tea Party
April 22 10
The ceremony of tea is rich in history. The very act of sharing this form of comfort, so carefully extracted from the tea leaf, is something that has been done through generations of society, culture and family. By its very nature, tea evokes a sense of calm and relaxation. It encourages people to sit together, [...]
Spring is here: Out of the Barn and into the Pasture
March 30 10
What does springtime mean for cheese? Springtime is lambing season and sheeps milk cheese production slows almost to a full stop. The ewe’s are not milked during lambing season because their milk is reserved for the new lambs. Springtime also means that cows are returning to their sweet, lush, green pastures. Springtime makes for happy [...]
Epoisses De Bourgogne
March 26 10
The great food scribe Brillat-Savarin called Epoisses the “king of cheeses.” Epoisses cheese is one of the highest in demand by aficianado’s around the world. Epoisses was also Napolean’s favourite cheese. What kind of cheese shop would we be if we didn’t carry this cheese. You would think that I wouldn’t be able to keep [...]