The Lady, The Man and I traveled north in a rental car this week… with me stuffed in that darn box… to the trendy Seattle neighborhood known as the Kingdom of Ballard… where the hippies of days gone-by roam and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady adores Allison Hooper and every time their paths cross, The Lady comes home to The Manse energized with a renewed and even bigger cheese love… if that’s possible. The first time The Lady met Allison was in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in the cheese day… The Lady discovered a cheese blog, The Cheese Chronicles, written by Sarah Marcus, an Oregon Cheesemaker and Owner at Briar Rose Creamery. Sarah writes about her journey making cheese in Dundee, Oregon. While at the Oregon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we are pleased to introduce you to LeeAnn Zubay, ACS CCP Cheesemonger and Owner, with her husband, Jerry, of ZZest Market and Cafe in Rochester, Minnesota. Like The Lady and me, LeeAnn understands that sometimes if we don’t “toot […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady and I received a review copy of Janet Fletcher’s latest book, Beer and Cheese, and have spent the last week learning much we didn’t know about beer and understanding better how to pair beers (ales and Lagers) with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we step from behind the cheese counter and if you don’t know her, introduce you to Award-Winning San Francisco Chronicle Columnist, Janet Fletcher. And if you do know her, perhaps you’ll learn something new. Janet lives, gardens and enjoys […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Masters is right around the corner which turns The Lady’s thoughts to her brother, Joel (RIP), and pimento cheese sandwiches. As mentioned in earlier posts, The Lady and Joel had a Masters tradition of watching it together, even when […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tom Van Voorhees, Retail Shop Manager and Head Cheesemonger at Rogue Creamery, and The Lady have been friends for several years and enjoyed slinging cheese together in September 2011 at the Bra Cheese Festival. Tom is a member of the elite […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meet Lisa Futterman, ACS CCP, who developed and runs the wholesale account department of Pastoral in Chicago. We thank Lisa for participating in our 2013: The Year of the Cheesemonger!! Lisa has been cooking since she was tiny and has been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meet Debbie Simon, Murray’s Cheese Master at the Harper Point’s Kroger on Montgomery Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. Debbie joined the Kroger Company in 2010 and after just a few months found herself leading the Cheesemongers at Harper’s Point. Debbie […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady was recently in New York and stopped in at Beecher’s Handmade Cheese in the Flatiron District with her friend, Denise. The two were greeted by and visited with the Head Cheesemonger, Elena Santogade, who competed last summer in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last month, The Lady introduced me to a humankind tradition called “New Year’s Resolutions”. It seems that when the New Year starts, humankinds view it as a chance for a “do-over” or a time to change bad habits… In all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
