Mozzarella Story
Calvin Trillin on the closure of the family-owned mozzarella shop Joe’s Dairy, in the South Village, and the treasure of ten-stop shopping—“not just for the quality of the goods but for the companionship and the ritual.”
Trillin's solution for guests coming by for a drink: flat bread from Blue Ribbon "that if matzo tasted like that the Jews would never have left Egypt," and a smoked mozzarella from Joe's Dairy. "One smokie," Ro would say, going over to pick one out.