Best cheeses of the “British Empire” in 2010

Here are the results of the cheese competition at the 83rd annual British Empire Cheese Show organized by Central Ontario Cheesemakers Association: The Alexis De Portneuf division of cheese giant Saputo was crowned Grand Champion. Quebec cheesemaker Fromagerie La Vache à Maillotte was named Reserve Champion. Fifth Town Artisan Cheese, an artisan cheesemaker  in Ontario’s [...]

Grilled-cheese sandwiches taste better afloat

A grilled-cheese sandwich—with fine cheese, good bread and lots of butter—is great eating just about any time, but when you’re aboard your boat, cruising around Lake Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe for two weeks, it’s golden. We tried grilling a sandwich using a light rye with caraway with, for the first time, German Limburger cheese (above) and [...]

Good cheese hunting: Day 11, kicking back in Montreal

Lest you think we’re slacking off in the good cheese hunt, here’s a look at what’s in our portable cheese bin at the moment, clockwise starting from the upper left: Squeaky St. Albert Cheddar curds, The classic Chevre Noir, 2-year goat cheddar, St. Albert Extra Old White Cheddar (2-year) that may travel home with us, [...]

St. Albert cow won’t have to mooove

A bovine brouhaha has erupted in Ottawa over a Holstein statue on the roof of a cheese shop owned by St. Albert Cheese Co-operative. For now, the life-size cow can stay atop Cheddar Et Cetera in the east-end suburb of Orleans. Ottawa’s bylaw inspectors had demanded the bogus bovine be put out to pasture on [...]

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