Our own cheddar pie: Quick and delicious

Significant Other has found a mouth-watering way for us to polish off that block of Kraft Cracker Barrel that we purchased for a ridiculously low price at Wal-Mart. (That’s the Kraft “aged cheddar” involved in the cheddar chowdown we described earlier.) For breakfast the other day, SO pulled the Cracker Barrel from the cheese bin [...]

Say cheese, in five courses

There’s nothing quite like spending an evening nibbling on cheese and sipping wine with good friends. We invited two couples to join us for a five-course tasting menu last night. Here’s how it went down: First course/Introductions Riopelle de l’Isle: One of the great cheeses of Canada, it’s made from raw cow’s milk on a [...]

Our cheese plate overfloweth

After I wrote about the Twelve Cheeses of Christmas, it dawned on me we may never ever again be as cheese rich as we are right now at our house. In addition to the delightful dozen, here’s what’s resting at 4C and high humidity in our fridge: Parmigiano-Reggiano Vacche Rosse People who know their cheese [...]