The Calf and Kid – Artisan Cheese Shop Opens in Seattle
The Lady and I wish to congratulate Sheri LeVigne on the grand opening April 23 of her new cheese chop, The Calf and Kid, in the Capitol Hill District of Seattle. We have been following her journey from dream to reality and have come to love this dear cheesemonger as she battled the city inspectors,...
Meet Burke Brandon: Australian Cheesemaker
The Lady is a member of Know Your Cheese Network, which originates out of Australia. As a result she is learning more and more about the cheeses of Australia and the dairy farmers who make those cheeses. Know You Cheese has interviewed a sheep milk cheesemaker, Burke Brandon, and The Lady and I think you...
Ile de France’s Supreme La Crème de la Crème
This double cream brie was a Christmas addition at The Lady’s kiosk. And now that it’s gone, she has customers asking for it. Alas, they will have to wait for the Christmas holidays to roll around again. To make this brie even creamier, the cheesemakers added Crème Fraiche to bring the fat content up to...
Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil
This week The Lady added a new offering at the kiosk: Olivista 100% Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This EVOO is from California and The Lady brought some home for The Man and your favorite Feline Foodie (that would be me) to enjoy. Before I proceed, let me explain that this oil is going to...
Uniekaas Gold Label Extra Old Gouda
The Lady sure does love the aged Goudas and so do I. Today she brought a wedge home from Uniekaas: Gold Label Extra Old Gouda. This is a cheese she carries on the cheese island, “BH-Adjacent” to her kiosk. It reminded me of Parrano Robusto both is color and texture. This cheese has those crystals...
Interview with Ron Smith, Australian Dairy Farmer
Wandering the internet, I came across this terrific video of an interview with a small dairy farmer in Australia: TheMilkKitchen — July 10, 2009 — Arabella Forge talks to dairy farmer Ron Smith about pasture based dairy farming and the quality milk it produces.
The Lady’s New Mania: Sea Salts
Last week, The Lady paired Moonstruck Chocolates with some of her sea salts and I reviewed them here although I wasn’t allowed to partake of those luscious morsels of cocoa and sugar… “Don’t want the baby boy to get a tummy ache”… what a crock… The Lady and The Man didn’t want to share… shame...
The Death of Velveeta
(The Lady originally wrote this for the American Cheese Society Blog. You can read other ACS Member blog postings at: http://americancheesesociety.blogspot.com/ ) I work as a Cheese Steward and one of the best parts of the job is working with customers; especially the youngs ones who are our next generation of “foodies”. I have met...
Got LOTS of Disposable Income? Then it’s time to order some Pule Cheese
Pule Cheese, made from the milk of the domesticated Balkan Donkeys (descendents of the African donkey as opposed to the Asian donkey, which cannot be domesticated), has supplanted Moose Milk Cheese(ever thought about milking a moose…) as the most expensive cheese in the world. This herd of donkeys that live on the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve...
Trader Joe’s Raw Milk Blue Cheese
On Easter Sunday, The Man requested Lettuce Wedge Salad to go with the steaks he planned to grill. That meant The Lady would make the Blue Cheese Dressing. When she went to the cheese cupboard, it was bare, but she promised to bring home a wedge of Black River Gorgonzola to use in her recipe....
