Excalibur English Cheddar
A triangle wedge of Excalibur English Cheddar was a gift The Lady brought me last month when she returned from visiting Miss Anne, The Tall Guy and the Late, Great Hemingway, RIP. Imported by Atlanta Foods International, Excalibur is a young English Cheddar with a mild taste. It’s a decent cheese; but I prefer more...
World Cheese Awards 2010 – Select USA Winners
Congratulations to the USA Winners. I am pleased to call many of them friends as well, which makes their winning all the sweeter for me… for them… not so much (being friends with me…) Class: 5001 Soft goats’ milk cheese plain – fresh 5001 12 – Fresh Chèvre – Cypress Grove Chèvre Inc. –...
2010 World Cheese Awards: Major Winners
Congratulations to all the Major Winners. List of American Winners to Follow. Complete list of winners by clicking here. World Champion Cheese 2010: Cornish Blue Produced by Cornish Blue Cheese Company Dairy Crest Trophy: Best Mature Traditional Cheddar from J.A.& E Montgomery PTF Trophy: Best Cheese Entered by a PTF Member: Mature Block Farmhouse from A.J....
Boxing Cheddar From Australia
As most of you already know, The Lady and I have never met a cheddar we didn’t like and in most cases, didn’t love… Boxing Cheddar from Australia is no exception to the “love” column. And at $7.99 a pound, retail, it’s also a great bargain for the cheddar lovers of the Pacific Northwest. (The...
Hemingway, Commander, NE Georgia Quadrant, Promoted and Returns to the Mothership
Hemingway, a brave feline warrior, who rose through the ranks to become Commander of the Northeast Georgia Quadrant has, once again, been promoted and called home to the Mothership. He will debrief with The Brain while awaiting his next assignment and deployment back to earth for further observations of humankind… known to humans as one...
Parrano and Pimento Scones
The Lady found this recipe while wandering around the internet. The original recipe is below as designed by the Pastry Chef at the Ulmstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, North Carolina. The Pastry Chef, Daniel Benjamin, uses Fiscalini Farmstead Cheddar; The Lady used Parrano, a Dutch Gouda that thinks it’s a parmesan… Ingredients: 6 cups...
Oprah's 2010 Favorite Mac and Cheese Will Be Sampled at Fred Meyer's Hawthorne Store Tomorrow 11/20!!
JUST IN: OPRAH NAMES BEECHER’S MAC AND CHEESE ONE OF HER ULTIMATE FAVORITE THINGS FOR 2010!! CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AT BEECHERS… Rolling out the début of the Hawthorne Fred Meyer’s “The Chef and The Cheesemonger” Series® will be Beecher’s Handmade Cheese’s “World’s Best” Mac and Cheese sampling on Saturday, November 20, 2010 from 1pm to 5pm. Currently,...

