When Saul Zabar, current president of the eponymous gourmet food shop, turned 82 on Friday, he celebrated with a wheel of cheese heavier than many of his shoppers.
The 150 pound, three-foot diameter wheel of Beemster Graskaas (a Danish cheese milked from cows during their first post-winter trip outside) also commemorated National Cheese Day.
“I’m a cheese eater, and I sample everything that I can get my hands on,” said Zabar, who once worked as Zabar’s outside cheese buyer after joining the family business at 2245 Broadway in 1950.
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