Organic Delicious Plant Powered Cheeses. CHEESE. Harder to give up than meat. Ok, you Vegetarian types...It's time to cross over the bridge. We are here to help.
tues-sat, 12:00-5:00
at 915 Main St in historic Clarkdale AZ for sampling & ssles & WE SHIP DIRECT ONLINE next day ground or air ONLINE SHIPPING AVAILABLE via Vegan Essentials & GTFO It's Vegan, online grocers
Stay tuned by liking and commenting on FB or by getting all our news via INSTAGRAM - and you should be kept in the loop! This is the vegan cheese you can enjoy with a glass of wine and feel like you haven't given up a thing. INGREDIENTS: Organic cashews soaked in filtered water, organic coconut oil, organic cultures, various garden cut herbs and spices. Various flavor profiles; some have coconut cream, some are oil-free, all delicious and decadent! Hard, slicing and semi-soft varieties, traditionally cultured. We are committed to ORGANIC & GMO-FREE ingredients. Chloesterol-free and heart healthy cheese. Voila!
09/26/2025
TODAY get your picnic and weekend supplies! Both cheese slingers in 12-4 and we will be up picnicing in the upper park all weekend for the MUSIC FESTIVAL~ shop will be CLOSED ... next week we are in thurs fri sat for CLARKTOBERFEST {w/ chili and pumpkin cornbread!!}
09/23/2025
Cheese Slinger in today wrapping and packing blocks for Rebel NYC - perfect picnic weather ahead and we are busy!! Life Lifing Hard; settles down after clarktoberfest just a bit!
09/19/2025
SAMPLING!! PUMPKIN organic šV 5 ingredient cream cheese and cheesecakes with pecan date crusts? org v milkshakes?! That would only be us. That would only be of the Verde Valley ~ and serving up chili & pumpkin cornbread at 10/4
ā¢what's on your plate?ā¢
you can find out what all the fuss is about by ordering online for next day ground delivery in Arizona for $25 or next day Air for the US⦠Or wander into our historic storefront below Jerome & Sedona ā¦
VIRGIN CHEESE
Samples & Sales in our LāAtelier historic storefront in charming
*** TUES-SAT, 12-5:00pm ***
915 Main Street
Clarkdale Arizona
between and
Virgin Cheese produces vegan, artisanal cheeses of the highest order
made from pure plant power
Traditionally cultured, organic cashew cream based cheeses
worthy of fine wine
09/16/2025
Lemon Dill getting Fall Festive ~
what's on your plate?
you can find out what all the fuss is about by ordering online for next day ground delivery in Arizona for $25 or next day Air for the US⦠Or wander into our historic storefront below Jerome & Sedona ā¦
VIRGIN CHEESE
Samples & Sales in our LāAtelier historic storefront in charming
*** TUES-SAT, 12-5:00pm ***
915 Main Street
Clarkdale Arizona
between and
Virgin Cheese produces vegan, artisanal cheeses of the highest order
made from pure plant power
Traditionally cultured, organic cashew cream based cheeses
worthy of fine wine
09/16/2025
PUMPKIN UPāļø think we will be blending up some organic vegan pumpkin chai cream cheese, making pumpkin milkshakes, pumpkin org gf cheesecakes w ginger snap crusts and serving up chili & pumpkin cornbread at 10/4
what's on your plate?
you can find out what all the fuss is about by ordering online for next day ground delivery in Arizona for $25 or next day Air for the US⦠Or wander into our historic storefront below Jerome & Sedona ā¦
VIRGIN CHEESE
Samples & Sales in our LāAtelier historic storefront in charming
*** TUES-SAT, 12-5:00pm ***
915 Main Street
Clarkdale Arizona
between and
Virgin Cheese produces vegan, artisanal cheeses of the highest order
made from pure plant power
Traditionally cultured, organic cashew cream based cheeses
worthy of fine wine
09/16/2025
WHY we are still here ~ 10 YEARS LATER!! ~ you can find out what all the fuss is about by ordering online for next day ground delivery in Arizona for $25 or next day Air for the US⦠Or wander into our historic storefront below Jerome & Sedona ā¦
VIRGIN CHEESE
Samples & Sales in our LāAtelier historic storefront in charming
*** TUES-SAT, 12-5:00pm ***
915 Main Street
Clarkdale Arizona
between and
Virgin Cheese produces vegan, artisanal cheeses of the highest order
made from pure plant power
Traditionally cultured, organic cashew cream based cheeses
worthy of fine wine
09/11/2025
FULL ON Flavor
just like us
Did you know one of the oldest recorded hummus recipes dates back to the 14th century?
This isnāt the smooth, creamy dip we know today, but a rustic, nutty dish called Himmas Kassa, preserved in a medieval Egyptian cookbook.
Instead of being blended silky smooth, it was coarse, full of texture, and mixed with walnuts, fresh herbs, and spices like cinnamon, ginger, and caraway. It was served at banquets as one of the opening courses, showing off the hostās refinement and generosity.
What I love most about this dish is how it reflects the sophistication of the medieval Islamic world. Food was never just fuel. It was art, medicine, and culture all on one plate. Every garnish, from pistachios to olives, spoke of wealth, trade, and attention to beauty. Tasting it today is like taking a bite straight out of history.
I recreated Himmas Kassa and itās a delicious surprise. A little sharper, nuttier, and more rustic than modern hummus, but it has a depth that makes you feel its age and importance. Dip it with flatbread and you can imagine yourself at a medieval banquet in Cairo.
HERE's a recent article that followed the narrative of the
"woman owned business" even tho I was telling the journalist
Our Story...
I wouldn't have the only vegan cheese shop in Arizona if it weren't for Anthony Guitrón
For people suffering with cowās milk allergies or who just want to eliminate dairy from their diet, thereās good news! You can now have your cheese and eat it, too! Moving from Las Vegas for the town of Clarkdale, Virgin Cheese founder and owner Jodi Paige is excited to share her plant-based fer...
09/02/2025
THE CARROT CAKE cheesecakes cups = light like custard so dang good!! This latest batch of cups.... oh my!! ~ organic gluten-free, pecan date crusts, Keylime pie, NY style with organic blueberry or ginger cherry topping, date caramel, carrot cake with coconut turmeric topping, in limited quantities and at $8.50 they won't be here long... grab one for the special picnic bc now is the time to be with the ones we love šļøš¹šļø
find out what all the fuss is about !!
VIRGIN CHEESE
Visit our LāAtelier historic storefront in charming for samples & sales
Tue-Sat, 12-5
915 Main Street
Clarkdale Arizona
between and
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VIRGIN ā CHEESE produces organic vegan, artisanal cheeses of the highest order made from pure plant power. Traditionally cultured, cashew milk based cheese that is worthy of fine wine. Nominated as Best Vegan Artisanal Cheese in the country, along with 8 other epic brands ~ in the 2020 Veggie Awards by Veg New Magazine!
Jodi Paige, CCO, Chief Cheese Officer
Jodi has been crafting up all things cuisine for many years; from learning to cook by dining out in Seattle's many fine establishments during the fabulous mid-80s to making and taking appetizers, dips and concoctions to any get together, for any reason. Always a tough audience, as a theatrical production stage manager or as a retail sole proprietor, being the barometer of good taste comes in especially handy being at the helm of an artisan vegan cheese company.
The journey to VIRGIN āCHEESE was as extraordinary as the cheese itself. A new love affair with plant based eating, coupled with a Las Vegan community on fire for compassionate and creative cuisine, all came together in March of 2014 when Las Vegas launched its first animal sanctuary with a grand opening private dinner for 150 health conscious consumers. Guests were greeted with a vegan cheese appetizer table, with 8 varieties of organic, nut milk based cheeses. Guests came through the line 3-4 times and the cheeses hardly stayed on the table for very long. The Wine & Virgin āCheese basket Jodi assembled, with two organic wines, two cracker choices, two organic dark chocolate bars and big wedges of Lemon Dill, Shallot Truffle, Bleu and a Cheddar Nut Ball - went at silent auction for $400.00. Even more surreal, moving through the crowd to check on the auction bidding of multiple donated items she had prepared for the Sanctuary that evening, Jodi was enveloped with one word whispers of "cheese" "cheese" "cheese" as she made her way from the booth to the auction area. The evening came to a close with the event's coordinators and crew finally getting their first Virgin āCheese experience, and the first Wine & Vegan Cheese Pop Up Bar was conceived. Virgin Cheese now ships to Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Phoenix, Sedona and Wisconsin for world-wide shipping via Vegan Essentials. ā
Jodi now presents a Ditchinā Dairy Demo that demonstrates how to prepare coffee creamers, yogurt, sour cream and cream cheeses and also founded the Grow Your Own Festival in Las Vegas. Jodi is dedicated to inspiring people to live and eat honorably and to grow much of their own organic produce at home. A coalition of community forums she conceived, Peace Begins On Your Plate, collaborated with UNLV ās Harrah Hospitality College to bring plant based education and demonstrations to a broader audience.
FIND VIRGIN CHEESE in Las Vegas
NOW SOLD:
~ Go Vegan Cafe on S. Rainbow ~ Veg-In-Out Market in Las Vegas, East side
~ Pure Health Foods on West Washington/Buffalo ~ Intuitive Foragerās Farmers Market at Downtown 3rd - FRIs/SATs ONLY, 9a-2p ~ Erewhon Organic Grocers in Los Angeles, Venice and Santa Monica
~ Blue Sky Organic Farms in Litchfield Park, AZ outside Phoenix
~ Mission Square Market Deli in San Diego, CA
IN THE BIG APPLE!
RIVERDEL CHEESE SHOP at ESSEX MARKET
IN SEATTLE at VEGAN HAVEN on the Ave
IN Sedona at ChocolaTree IN Phoenix at Strawberry Hedgehog Soap & Vegan Boutique
NOW SERVED: Find us on the menu at VegeNATION in Downtown Las Vegas & Henderson,
Weāre served at Tantrum Wine Tasting Room in Cottonwood, AZ Winery 1912 in Sedona and The Original Jerome Winery
EMAIL: [email protected]
OUR VIDEO CALLING CARD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX3pZZ9gDQM
DITCHINā DAIRY Demo ~ Bookings: [email protected]https://tinyurl.com/ditchindairydemo
Stay tuned by liking and commenting on FB or by getting all our news via INSTAGRAM - and you should be kept in the loop!
CHEESE. Harder to give up than meat. Ok, you Vegetarian types...It's time to cross over the bridge. We are here to help. This is the vegan cheese you can enjoy with a glass of wine and feel like you haven't given up a thing.
INGREDIENTS: Organic cashews , organic coconut oil, coconut cream, organic cultures, various garden cut herbs and spices; all delicious and decadent! 30 day expiration in the frig. Our cheeses freeze and thaw beautifully.
Hard, slicing and semi-soft varieties, traditionally cultured. We are committed to ORGANIC & GMO-FREE ingredients. Chloesterol-free and heart healthy cheese. Voila!