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San Sebasti\u00e1n’s Smallest Cheese Shop is an Incubation for Inspiration<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The cheese case at Elkano 1 Gaztagune.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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I extended my stay in Donostia\u2013San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain, to visit a cheese shop I\u2019d researched: Elkan<\/a>o 1 Gaztagune<\/a>\u2014a tiny space with a sizable variety of cheeses. I had recently befriended the shop\u2019s cheesemonger, Cecilia Garmendia Torres (also a biologist and cheesemaker, formerly of Lamp Post Cheese in Lebanon, Ohio), and deemed it my kind of cheese shop <\/em>when I spotted Quesos y Besos from Ja\u00e9n and El Teyedu from Picos de Europa in Asturias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ram\u00f3n Lizeaga, one of the greatest cheesemakers in Basque Country, opened Elkano 1 Gaztagune in April 2015 in hopes of making cheeses other than Idiazabal. In 2017, a few months after Iker Izeta Alberdi started working in the shop and became the owner, Lizeaga passed away. \u201cBitten by the cheese bug, [Alberdi] decided to take over\u2014first the cheese shop, then the creamery,\u201d Garmendia Torres tells me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberdi mainly produces lactic cheeses and bloomy rinds with Latxa sheep\u2019s milk in Aia, a small town located between San Sebasti\u00e1n and Getaria. His most sought-after cheeses are Ondarre and Bigel. The former is a lactic cheese with a wrinkly rind and \u201cthe paste is like whipped cream with a runny cream line under the rind,\u201d says Garmendia Torres. Bigel is also known for its sultry, runny cream line that\u2019s the \u201cshow of the shop\u201d\u2014a solid entertaining cheese. \u201cThe flavors are layered, vegetal, a little cooked cauliflower\u2014but you can also taste the animal,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soft cheeses from Elkano 1 Gaztagune. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elkano 1 is a magnet for chefs and restaurants; the shop helps select cheeses for dishes and cheese boards for a long list of standout establishments, including three Michelin-starred restaurants: Lasarte, Arzak, and Hiruzta Bodega (a winery where you can guzzle Txakoli, a sparkling dry white wine from Basque Country, alongside cheeses). I was lucky enough to sit down with Garmendia Torres for dinner one night at the cozy Geralds Bar, where an Elkano 1 cheese board barely touched the bar counter before I devoured it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That evening, I learned the cheese world is a small world that often feels like home. \u201cWhen I started my creamery in Ohio, I started researching what Spanish cheesemakers were doing,\u201d says Garmendia Torres. \u201cI found out about Ram\u00f3n, unfortunately, after he\u2019d just passed away, but I kept following Elkano 1 on social media,\u201d she adds. \u201cThey are a small shop that cares about the local economy; they are closely connected to the producers and take pride in the cheeses selected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devastatingly, Garmendia Torres had to shut down her creamery amidst the pandemic, but it prompted her move back to San Sebasti\u00e1n with her husband. A cheesemonger job at Elkano 1 presented itself, and because of her background, the team immediately welcomed her. \u201cI enjoy learning from [Alberdi] about his cheesemaking practices\u2014and enjoy that I can help him from time to time at the creamery,\u201d she says. \u201cI have realized that I enjoy selling cheese more than I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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