We here at Great Ciao find it isn’t always easy to talk about ourselves. So when people ask for an introduction, we usually defer to the products we carry. Like our taleggio. We think it is unlike any other to be found this side of Italy. Aged in abandoned copper mines instead of in the hold of a cargo ship, its delicate flavor is redolent of fresh baked bread, hints of earth and copper. Topping that off is a richness and creaminess ensured by the artisans who hand ladle the curd into the cheese forms. But the main thing that makes our taleggio special is that it is exactly like the one you would find on a good friend’s dinner table in Lombardy. The products on the other thirty pages of our product list are like this-- simply the elements of earth and air gathered into the folds of culture and rendered into the finest and most authentic foods around. And of course, we get them from there to here in time for you to fully enjoy their more ephemeral and alluring qualities. In the end finding the genuine article isn’t as easy as you’d think. But at Great Ciao the single mindedness of the true believer always prevails. Don’t rely on faith alone as proof though: Taste.