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ENTERTAINING & GIFT GUIDE
2015–2016

Organic Triple
Cream
Pleasant Ridge
Reserve
MURRAY’S ESSENTIAL
HOLIDAY GIFT
Cheese! Meat! Crackers! Jam! Honey!
Chocolate! (BYO friends and fam. )
This holiday season, celebrate with our most festive
favorites—a quartet of American artisan cheeses, fine
La Quercia prosciutto, brown butter bourbon caramels,
jam and more! It’s an instant party and the recipe for a
delicious (and abundant!) holiday blowout.
Large $150 | Small $90
Includes: Point Reyes Bay Blue | Prairie Breeze
Cheddar| Pleasant Ridge Reserve | Champlain Valley
Organic Triple Cream | Murray’s Cranberry Orange Jam |
La Quercia Prosciutto Americano | Fruition Brown Butter
Bourbon Caramels | Continental White Gold Honey |
Artisan Crackers | Murray’s Gift Crate (not shown)
Large: Serves 14–16 | Contains over 3 lbs of cheese and 3 oz of meat.
Small: Serves 6–8 | Contains almost 2 lbs of cheese and 3 oz of meat.
Prairie Breeze
Cheddar
Bay Blue

La Tur
Gorgonzola
Piccante
Podda Classico
LA DOLCE VITA
Life is sweeter with cheese.
This gift is proof.
A lesson in abbondanza, and an exquisite
overload of Italian cheeses, salumi, and
highly delicious snacks. How better to
ring in your holiday feast than gifts from
the land of great food? Mangia! $110
Includes: Podda Classico | La Tur |
Pecorino Toscano | Gorgonzola
Piccante | Creminelli Sopressata |
La Quercia Prosciutto Piccante | Olives|
Tarallini Crackers | Murray’s Gift Crate
(not shown)
Serves 8–10 | Contains 2 lbs of cheese and 10 oz of meat.
Wild Mugolio
Pine Syrup
Pure wintertime in
a bottle. Tiny Mugo
pinecones are
harvested in the
Dolomite Alps, then
stored in sundrenched
jars to coax
out sweet syrup from
within. Try a drizzle
on your Pecorino or a
drop in your holiday
cocktail. $35
Take a tour of
the Boot:
Olio e Balsamico
Elevate everything
you cook with this
lush, unfiltered
green-gold oil from
Sicily and exquisite,
super-flavorful
balsamic from
Modena. Salads are
but the start! $80
The King of Cheeses
There’s a reason they
call Parmigiano the
King! We carefully
select the best
wheels from a small
cheesemaker’s spring
and fall production.
Bring a taste of Parma
to your fridge and
never be without a
hunk and a grater. $60
Serves 8–10.
2.5 pounds of Parm.
We Three Meats
Now at home in the dry
air of Utah, salumiere
Cristiano Creminelli
pays homage to
his Northern Italian
homeland with
incredible dry-cured
sausage: Fig, Whiskey,
and White Truffle
Salame. $60
Pecorino
Toscano

Klaverkaas
Cave Aged Gruyère
English Cheddar
Aged Manchego
Double Cream Brie
GREATEST HITS
Think of these cheeses as The Beatles.
These cheeses hit the spot every time. We
reach for this well-rounded playlist time
and time again—it tops our charts on all
occasions!
Large $145 | Small $80
Includes: Murray’s English Cheddar |
Murray’s Double Cream Brie | Murray’s
Klaverkaas Gouda| Murray’s Aged
Manchego | Murray’s Cave Aged Gruyère|
Artisan Crackers | Blenheim Apricots | Bee
Raw Yellow Clover Honey | Murray’s Gift
Crate (not shown)
Large: Serves 16-20 | Contains 5 lbs of cheese.
Small: Serves 8-10 | Contains over 2 lbs of cheese.

AMERICAN ARTISANS
Land of the cheese and the
home of the brave.
From a round of buttery goodness of the
Hudson Valley to the Northeast Kingdom
of Vermont’s Blue caves, these All-
American finds shout patriotism (of the
most delicious sort). $85
Includes: Four Fat Fowl St. Stephen |
Jasper Hill Bayley Hazen Blue | Marieke
Aged Gouda | Olli Salame Norcino |
Jan’s Farmhouse Crisps | Murray’s Gift
Crate (not shown)
Serves 6–8 | Contains over 1 lb of cheese and
7 oz of meat.
Bayley
Hazen Blue
St. Stephen
Meat Me In California
Got game? The gents at Fabriques Délices do! They
craft traditional French charcuterie in Hayward,
California. Make meaty dreams come true by
serving all three side-by-side: Mousse de Foie Gras,
Saucisson Sec, and Venison Pâté. $80
Serves 4–6 | Contains almost 2 lbs of meat.
Bacon Lovers Trio
The best bacon you’ve ever cooked: Surry
Farms’ luscious Berkshire pork from Virginia,
Benton’s brown-sugar smoke bomb from
Tennessee, and Mosefund Farm’s rich, sweet
Mangalitsa pork. $50
Marieke Aged
Gouda
Serves 8–12 | Contains over 2 lbs of meat.

WEEKEND AT MURRAY’S
The. Most. Amazing. Collection. Ever.
Pecorino
Ginepro
Thought you’d had it all? For you, we brought
out the big guns. Throw an epic party (minus the
dead bodies). Mind-blowing abundance: five lifechanging
cheeses, including our own cave-aged
Hudson Flower, Goat Cheddar from England’s
Devonshire pastures and old world L’Etivaz from
the Alps. Five meats, from real-deal Prosciutto to
Lardo so silky it might make you weep. Plus SO
much more. Life is short. Do it right. $275
Includes: Ossau Iraty Vieille | Murray’s
CaveMaster Hudson Flower | L’Etivaz | Pecorino
Ginepro | Mrs Quicke’s Goat Cheddar | Devodier
Prosciutto | Iberico Chorizo | La Quercia
Prosciutto Piccante | Red Table Lardo | Red Table
Big Chets | Société Seashore Honey | Black
Cherry Confit | Urban Oven Crackers (not shown)
Hudson Flower
Ossau Iraty
Vieille
Serves 20–25 | Contains over 4 lbs of cheese and 15 oz of meat.
Mrs. Quicke’s
Goat Cheddar
L’Etivaz

MURRAY’S CAVES
Aged to Perfection
Great things take love and time. Affinage is a French word that
comes from the Latin ad finis, meaning “towards the limit.”
Affinage is the art of aging cheese, with proper conditions,
time, and care, to coax each wheel towards ultimate
delectability.
For centuries, caves—cool in temperature and high and steady
in humidity—have provided optimal aging conditions for
cheese. For many years, we cared for cheese in caves in the
basement of our Bleecker Street shop. In 2013, we opened
state-of-the-art cheese caves in Long Island City.
Our caves maintain and enhance the quality of our products,
but that’s just the start. They are a representation of our
commitment to honoring the craft of each and every
cheesemaker we work with. We’ve designed each cave to
ensure every wheel matures in its ideal environment. We
control and monitor temperature, humidity and microbial
activity with great precision. We partner with cheesemakers
to craft exclusive creations—cajoling baby cheeses into fully
realized treasures. We wash, flip, brush, and spritz wheels
to create the most perfect final result. And we taste a lot of
cheese. For strictly professional purposes, of course.
It’s a lot of work, but the result is worth it—every cheese you
taste from Murray’s is at its absolute best and tastiest.

Greensward
Cave Aged
Gruyère
CAVEMASTER
COLLECTION
From our caves to you.
Our CaveMaster selects unique cheeses
from passionate artisans, dresses them
up, pats them down, and nurtures them
to perfect ripeness. An extra-special
Murray’s exclusive! $100
Includes: CaveMaster Hudson Flower
Mini | CaveMaster Greensward |
CaveMaster Barden Blue | Murray’s
Cave Aged Gruyère | Z Sea Salt &
Olive Oil Crackers | Murray’s Gift
Crate (not shown)
Serves 8–10 | Contains over 2 lbs of cheese
Murray’s CaveMaster
Cornelia
Cornelia arrives justformed
from Point Reyes
Farmstead in Northern
California. Pampered first
in our sauna-like washed
rind cave, then finished in
our natural rind cave, she
develops a buttery, rich
paste with a roasted peanut
finish. $25 ea
Go spelunking with:
Murray’s CaveMaster
Hollander
Murray’s first European
CaveMaster Reserve in
almost 10 years, this
sheepy stunner comes
to us “green” from the
Pyrenees, and spends two
months growing a beautiful
mold-mottled rind in our
caves. $30 ea
Barden Blue
Murray’s CaveMaster
The Other Stephen
These heavenly little discs
are 75% butterfat, with a
decadent flavor profile that hits
on notes of fresh cream and
butter-soaked mushrooms.
But this particular St. Stephen
is no Saint— this one
comes bathed in Tall, Dark &
Handsome, an American black
ale from Other Half Brewing in
Brooklyn, NY. $25 ea
Hudson Flower Mini
Murray’s CaveMaster
Torus
Created exclusively for
Murray’s by Vermont
Creamery using pasteurized
goat’s milk from nearby
farms, Torus boasts a
unique shape known as a
couronne, or crown. This
rarely seen shape means
that each bite has just a little
bit more of that luscious,
mushroomy creamline that
we love so much. $12 ea

TOP SHELF
Gift the gift of total cheesy luxury.
For the crème de la crème of
collections, we’ve assembled our
favorites in one place so you can
impress the best—even if it’s just you,
your (closest) friends, and few bottles
of wine! $195
Includes: Ossau Iraty Vieille | Bonati
Parmigiano Reggiano| Rogue Creamery
Caveman Blue | Vermont Creamery
Bonne Bouche | Creminelli Barolo
Salami| Red Bee Honey Comb Box |
Paleta de Ibérico | Urban Oven Olive Oil
Crackers | Fig & Almond Cake | Murray’s
Gift Crate (not shown)
Serves 10–12 | Contains 2 lbs of cheese and 9.5 oz
of meat
Bonne Bouche
Ossau Iraty Vieille
Caveman Blue
Bonati Parmigiano
Reggiano

Two Year Comté
Chabichou
FRENCH CONNECTION
Thank you, France, for kisses
and cheeses.
La vie en fromage is a celebration
of savory, sophisticated flavors and
vibrant cheeses. Plus lovely French
olives, black cherry confit, and just the
right amount of je ne sais quoi. $125
Includes: Marcel Petit Two Year
Comté | Chabichou | Bleu
d’Auvergne | Ossau Iraty Vieille |
Fabrique Delices Saucisson Sec |
French Olives | Black Cherry Confit
(not shown)| Murray’s Gift Crate
(not shown)
Serves 8–10 | 2 lbs of cheese and 12 oz of meat
Bleu d’Auvergne
FRENCH CONNECTION
La vie en fromage is a celebration of
savory, sophisticated flavors and vibrant
fromage. It’s all that and a bag of je ne sais
quoi. $125
Includes: Comté, 2 year | Chabichou
| Bleu d’Auvergne | Ossau Iraty Vieille
| Fabrique Delices, Saucisson | Olives,
French Jarred | Jam, Black Cherry Confit
| Murray’s Gift Crate (not shown)
MURRAY’S KNIFE SET
Ossau Iraty Vieille
The perfect gift for a cheese devotee! A brie knife,
presentation knife, and sleek slicer bring style and
ease to the art of enjoying cheese. $45
ONE STOP ACCOUTREMENTS
The icing on the (cheese)cake. $40
Includes: California Dates | Pears | California
Colossal Pistachios | Turkish Apricots | Trail Mix
(contains raisins, blanched peanuts, almonds,
pepitas, sunflower seeds, dried cherries &
cranberries)

MONTHLY CLUBS
What’s better than a box of fantastic
cheese arriving on your doorstep? How
about a box arriving every month for
a year? Don’t know what to get that
special someone? Murray’s Monthly
Clubs are the gift jackpot. They bring
the best of Murray’s to you or your
lucky recipient once a month for 4, 6 or
12 months.
You will receive a welcome letter that
you can print or forward, so you can
give the gift of cheese directly. Is there
any better gift? We think you know the
answer to that. (No).
CHEESE OF THE MONTH
Serious cheese-lovers, welcome to
heaven! Club members receive three
limited production, life-changing
cheeses each month, totaling 1.5 lbs.
MEAT OF THE MONTH
Satisfy a carnal craving with Murray’s
Meat of the Month Club. An epic gift!
PAIRING OF THE MONTH
One of our favorite frequently asked
questions is ‘’What should I serve with
this cheese?’’ Problem solved! You’ll
receive a half-pound piece of a cheese
we adore with an accompaniment to
make it sing.
LEARN MORE AT:
www.murrayscheese.com/monthly-clubs
MURRAY’S
KNIFE SET
Arm your favorite cheese lover with the
tools of the trade. $45
(Add a slate for the whole experience!)
7” x 10” $35 | 10” x 14” $40
HOW TO ORDER
Order online at www.murrayscheese.com
24 hours a day, 7 days a week,or call 888-MYCHEEZ,
Monday-Friday between 9am-6pm EST
SHIPPING & DELIVERY
We ship to all 50 states via FedEx, and offer messenger service within
Manhattan. Shipping rates are determined by the value of your order and
the speed with which it needs to be delivered. See our Customer Service
page online for a chart of Shipping methods and rates. We cannot ship to
PO or APO Boxes.
GIFTING
Make sure to let your gift recipient know that a perishable gift is on the way!
You can make the gift extra special by:
Choosing to package it in a locally-made gift crate. You can build your
own gift crate starting at $15. Most gifts in our holiday guide are in
crates—see product pages online for details.
Writing a gift message during the online check-out process.
Including a gift card – redeemable for all products and classes over the
phone as well as in our NYC stores. Also makes a great gift on its own!

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LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, 11101
CURATED GIFTING
Gifts: They want ’em, we’ve got ’em.
We’ve got the gifts…all the gifts! The gorgeous gifts,
the delicious gifts, the will-win-you-genius-status gifts.
We know how to take care of your friends and family,
clients and associates. We know
what they love and how to make them
happy. And we’re honored to give ‘em
present perfection, curated impeccably.
Give us a call or email and let
us work our magic—our
gift to you!
gifting@murrayscheese.com
(888) 692-4339 ext 528
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