Start Spreading the Curd… Beecher’s Opens in Manhattan and The Lady Attend Murray’s Boot Camp
Here I sit in the Pacific Northwest doing the heavy lifting while The Lady sits in Manhattan at Murray’s Cheese Boot Camp tasting 75 cheeses in 3 days; rubbing elbows with the cheese swells and my favorite cheesemakers in the world open their doors in the Flatiron District of New York… there is no cheese...
La Tur
Recently, when asked what her favorite cheese is, The Lady replied, “Usually the last one I tasted.” And this is the last one I tasted and it’s now a new favorite around the manse. La Tur is a small, dense, creamy wheel of bloomy rind heaven made from a combination of cow, sheep and goat...
Fiscalini Farmstead San Joaquin Gold
Made from Raw Milk The Lady loves Chuck’s Produce in Vancouver and their friendly cheesemonger, Jodi. She stops in occasionally to buy cheeses that her kiosk doesn’t carry. Jodi told The Lady to expect a new wheel of Fiscalini Gold to arrive and ta da… I did and The Lady brought home a wedge for...
Pasta Marcella
The Lady loves to use ingredients she has on hand to construct meals. She calls it “The Kitchen Sink” approach to cooking. Having just returned from Dallas the night before, she feared the cupboard would be bare when breakfast rolled around. But to the delight of The Man and moi, your feeling-humble today Feline Foodie,...
Gligora’s Award-Winning Paski Sir Now For Sale in U.S. Through Grand Prix Trading
We love this cheese around the manse and reviewed it recently. You’ll love it, too. And finally it’s available in the U.S. Please contact Grand Prix Trading for more information. We also saw a blurb about this 2010 “Best New Cheese” while reading Culture Magazine yesterday.
USDA’s New Food Pyramid: My Plate
After nineteen years, the USDA has updated the food pyramid with the new “My Plate”: And here are their suggestions: Balancing Calories ● Enjoy your food, but eat less. ● Avoid oversized portions. Foods to Increase ● Make half your plate fruits and vegetables. ● Make at least half your grains whole grains. ●...
More Tumalo Farms Goat Goudas
The lady’s kiosk now carries three of the award-winning farmstead cheeses from Tumalo Farms. One, Classico, we have reviewed in the past. The other two were new to us and have happily joined the group of goat cheeses that The Lady, The Man and I like. To re-cap the rise to cheese fame, Tumalo...
