Monforte Dairy on Hiatus

According to the company's answering machine message, at the end of January, Ruth Klahsen's Monforte Dairy Company Ltd. is closing down and moving to Stratford, to reopen in about a year. Meanwhile, you may want to snap up any of her cheese that's left at her Toronto-area purveyors: About Cheese (3467 Yonge & 483 Church), Cheese Boutique (45 Ripley), Culinarium (705 Mount Pleasant), Fresh from the Farm (350 Donlands), Healthy Butcher (565 Queen W. & 298 Eglington W.), Multiple Organics (1545 Dundas W.), Harbord Bakery (115 Harbord), St. Lawrence Farmers Market, Summerhill Market (446 Summerhill), Thin Blue Line (93b Roncesvalle), Viva Tastings (409 College) and White House Meats (2978 Bloor W.)

Photo: Ruth Klahsen by Nigel Dickson.