Marcella The Cheesemonger
A Feline Foodie shares his thoughts about cheese…and humankind.
Monthly archive January, 2011

Blessed Are The Cheesemongers

(Stay Tuned: we are only 7 posts and pages away from our 500th post here (doesn’t include our sister recipe blog, cheesemonger recipes). We have big plans for 500!!) From host.madison.com – Wisconsin State Journal JANE BURNS | jburns@madison.com | 608-252-6440 Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:00 am   This story appeared first in the Sunday edition...

Kirkland Signature Clothbound Cave-Aged Vermont Cheddar

Update February 3, 2011: Curtis, the Costco buyer of their specialty cheese and The Lady chatted this morning and while he wouldn’t confirm who made this fine cheese, he did let The Lady know (and she asked me to pass this along), this cheese is a LIMITED EDITION that was added for Holiday 2010. That...

French Cheese Tasting with Waldemar Albrecht

Thursday was National Cheese Lovers’ Day and The Lady Left Me at Home to Attend a Cheese Tasting with Waldemar Albrecht…Sheesh… A belated Happy National Cheese Lovers’ Day to my fellow cheese lovers… aka… turophiles… Let me ask you, my loyal readers, Is there any feline or humankind (for that matter) who loves cheese more...

The Best Alfredo Sauce… Ever… Seriously… The Best Ever!!

We apologize that “play-by-play” pictures aren’t available… The lady and I review cheese and don’t consider ourselves Chefs… and when cooking… The Lady and I have one primary goal: to eat!! From the post at our sister blog, you know that The Lady and I have fallen back in love with the Dutch cheese, Parrano,...

Falling Back in Love with Parrano

The Lady bought a couple wedges of Parrano recently and has been using this “hybrid” cheese more and more. I use the term “hybrid” because Parrano is an aged Gouda from Holland that thinks it is Parmesan. The Lady and I had forgotten how great this cheese is and even though we have tasted this...

A French-Canadian Cheese Plate Showcasing the Fine Cheeses of Quebec

This past August (2010) The Lady, The Man and I took our well-documented road trip to Seattle for the 2010 American Cheese Society Conference held at the Downtown Seattle “No Pets” Sheraton. While The Lady attended the festivities, The Man and I hung out at our Cheese Bunker located somewhere in the suburbs where pets...

Homeless Man is New Voice of Kraft Mac & Cheese

We’ve all seen and heard about Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice. Now, he has been hired by Kraft Foods as the voice for their ubiquitous Mac n Cheese. You can read all about Ted; his heart-warming story and his new gig with Kraft, by clicking below: Homeless man is new voice...

The Ilbesa Family of Cheeses

Gluten-Free Cheeses Raw Milk Cheeses* The internet brings the world together and makes it possible for people to “meet” who otherwise would never have the chance. Recently, through our blog and Twitter, The Lady and I met, Raquel Moran Tellez, the Export Manager for Ilbesa Cheeses. Ilbesa is located in Benavente, in the Zamora Province of Northwest...

World Cheese Awards’ Cheese Platter Crowned Record Breaker by Guinness World Records

The 2010 World Cheese Awards, the world’s largest international cheese competition, has been crowned a record breaker by the Guinness World Records for creating the worlds ‘largest cheese platter’. The record breaking platter, weighing in at 1,122.5 kilograms, consisted of 139 different wedges: – from Gouda to Gruyere, from Camembert to Cheddar and there was a cheese...