Provisions International

08/31/2026

✨Cheese of the Week: Comté from Fromageries Marcel Petite✨

We’re getting a head start on Comté season! This particular Comté selection comes from Marcel Petite, whose wheels are aged in the historic Fort St. Antoine caves in the French Jura Mountains. Essex Street Cheese selects the wheels for flavor and ripeness and brings them to us as our importer. Delicate yet full of character, this is a cheese that appeals to both newcomers and seasoned cheese lovers. 🇫🇷

Marcel Petite was an affineur who specialized in the cool, slow maturation of Comté. Petite wanted his Comtés to be aged in their natural environment, near the mountain cheese dairies where they were made. In 1966 he discovered a defunct military fort in a forest of Haut Doubt, known as Fort Saint Antoine. The fort’s structure of cut and vaulted stone, covered with a thick layer of soil, provided the ideal conditions for “Affinage Lent” (Slow Maturing). Today, over 100,000 wheels are ripened for 10 to 20 months, in the Cathedral of Marcel Petite Comté. 🏰

Marcel Petite Comté is crafted from the raw milk of Montbéliarde and Simmental cows, which graze on the lush, diverse pastures of the Jura Mountains. Widely regarded as a benchmark for Comté production, Marcel Petite produces cheeses with a range of flavors, from fresh and milky to deeply rich and complex. With its layers of nutty, savory, buttery and subtly fruity flavors, this classic alpine cheese is a favorite for good reason—and it’s just as delicious on a cheese board as it is melted into a favorite fall dish. 🧀

Save on Comté wedges, quarters, and wheels now through the end of September. Stock up early and keep this versatile French favorite on hand for all your fall entertaining and everyday cheesing. 🍂

08/28/2026

We are over the moon to share some recent updates here at Provisions International! 🌝🐄

Thanks to the good folks at Eternity, we have a beautiful new website! 💻

We also have Amanda from North Road Productions to thank for the awesome video you'll see when you visit us at www.provisionsintl.com 🎥

It's still early days, so please be patient with us as we work out some initial bumps in the road. We welcome your feedback and aim to serve you better each and every day! 🤖

08/28/2026

Who's in? FARM FIELD TRIP to Stonyfield! 💆‍♀️🐄💆

Mooove over, mud mask and cucumber slices? A dairy brand is launching the first ever “organic cow spa” in Maine, where for $120, guests can go beyond cuddling with cows — they can chann…

08/27/2026

Join us in congratulating the local Co-op Food Stores on their 90th Anniversary, which they are celebrating tomorrow at their White River Junction location! 🌽

08/26/2026

Like summer, our August sales are coming to an end! 😭

Don’t miss your chance to save on 5th Quarter VT's hearty and delicious French-style pâtés, made exclusively with Vermont meats! Perfect for a charcuterie board, spread on crusty bread, tucked into a hearty sandwich, or served alongside eggs for an elevated brunch.

🥓 Pâté de Campagne — $14.15/lb.
Pork, chicken liver, pistachios & a hint of orange liqueur.

🌿 Pâté Grand-Mère — $13.55/lb.
Coarsely ground pork, bacon, herbs & Marsala wine.

Local, rustic, versatile—and on sale while supplies last! Don’t let these delicious deals pâté away. 😉

P.S. We also have sales on our NEW Les Canardises duck products from Québec and 3 flavors of Patatas Torres potato chips! Score while these summer deals are still HOT! 🔥

08/25/2026

The The Maine Cheese Guild is looking for some good folks to volunteer at the upcoming Maine Cheese Festival on Sept. 13. 🧀

08/25/2026

✨ Two Vermont favorites, two fresh new looks! ✨

We’re excited to celebrate some big changes from Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co. and Vermont Salumi—two leading Vermont brands we’re proud to work with! Both have recently undergone exciting packaging and brand updates, bringing a fresh, modern look to the products you already know and love. 💚

🧀 Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company is rolling out a vibrant new aesthetic that honors its Vermont roots while making its award-winning cheeses stand out on the shelf.

🐖 Vermont Salumi has also been busy behind the scenes, refreshing its sliced products with updated packaging, product improvements, and new ingredient sourcing.

We couldn’t be happier to see these two Vermont brands entering this chapter—and we can’t wait for you to see the new looks! 👀

P.S. Reach out if you want some of these high-res images to share with your customers!

08/24/2026

✨ Cheese of the Week: Kunik from Nettle Meadow ✨

Kunik is the signature cheese of Nettle Meadow Farm in Thurman, New York, in the foothills of the Adirondacks. This luxurious triple-crème combines goat’s milk with rich Jersey cow cream, creating a buttery, bloomy-rinded cheese with a delicious tangy goat-y kick and layers of mushroom, earth and floral notes. Young Kunik is firm and buttery with a bright, crème-fraîche-like tang; as it ripens, it becomes softer, gooier and more intensely savory. It’s been Nettle Meadow’s best-selling cheese and an award-winning American original for more than a decade. 🧀

Kunik’s story is closely tied to Nettle Meadow’s own beginnings. In 2005, cheesemakers Sheila Flanagan and Lorraine Lambiase left California, loaded their goats into a Honda Element and moved to the Adirondacks with a dream of creating an animal sanctuary and making artisan cheese. They continued developing and refining Kunik, turning an already promising cheese into the signature it is today. The cheese takes its name from one of the farm’s early goats, and its character reflects the place where it is made—aged in the unique stone cellars of the Adirondacks. 🐐🌲🐄

And did you know Nettle Meadow is also an animal sanctuary? The Kemp Animal Sanctuary is home to dozens of retired and rescued farm animals—including sheep, goats, donkeys, horses, pigs, ducks, turkeys and peacocks—with the cheese business helping support the farm’s mission of caring for its animals. 🐑🐖🫏🦚🦃

Planning a cheese-loving getaway? Visit the sanctuary, browse the cheese & retail shop, and stop by The Hitching Post & Tavern for a bite and a drink. It’s a pretty perfect day trip for cheese lovers! Learn more here: https://www.nettlemeadow.com/visit-contact-us 🚗

08/21/2026

Check out our friend Adam Moskowitz flex some cheese pairings on the Today Show! 🧀

Cheesemonger Adam Moskowitz joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Willie Geist to talk about his new documentary, “The Big Cheese,” which follows an international cheesemonger competition, also known as “the Olympics of cheese.” He explains what a cheesemonger is, and shares som...

08/21/2026

We're excited to announce the newest member of the Mama Tree Farm, Vermont Family: CORNBREAD MIX! 🥳

This mix is the delicious result of a year of recipe experimenting, baking, and taste-testing, with organically grown heirloom corn from Mike Snow of Post Mills Eggs & Grains in Vermont. Made with beautiful Floriana corn flour—yellow and red, with incredible color and deep corn flavor—this is the kind of cornbread you’ll want warm from the oven, with a little butter and a sprinkle of sugar on top. 🌽

We’re thrilled to carry all of Mama Tree Farm’s baking mixes, made by Amy Brooks Thornton right here in Vermont. And when she’s not creating delicious things with flour, she’s growing gorgeous flowers using thoughtful, sustainable farming practices. 🌼

The new Cornbread Mix is here just in time for late-summer suppers, cozy fall meals, and big pots of chili. Trust us: this might just be the best cornbread you’ll ever bake. ❤️