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…
Please visit Culture Magazine’s Blog to read all the tasters thoughts and responses to the first three samples we received. It’s thrilling to be a part of Birth of a Cheese 2012 and want to thank Culture Magazine and Jasper […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady has been flying back and forth between the Pacific Northwest and New York to visit Murray’s Cheese. She was there twice in January and heads back to their Greenwich Village “Outpost” on Valentine’s Day… which means The Man […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady has been back from her trip to New York and Murray’s Cheese Boot Camp for a few days and has been especially attentive; she knows I am annoyed; I know she knows I am annoyed… which I, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In May, during her 2010 Wisconsin Cheese Tour, The Lady met Gerald (Jerry) Heimerl from Saxon Homestead Cheese. He graciously attended the Madison Trade Show and introduced the group to his line of farmstead cheeses. Jerry is one of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in the day (late 1800s) when refrigeration was inadequate (think: there was no Fedex Overnight), an apprentice cheesemaker at Monroe Cheese Company in Monroe, NY, Emil Frey, was challenged by his employer to duplicate Bismarck Schlosskase, a popular […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady met Beth, Sales Manager for Carr Valley Cheese, at the Madison Cheese Trade Show she attended during the WMMB Cheese Tour last month. Beth sent out a generous box of cheeses that Carr Valley makes for The Lady, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At the same Seminar I mentioned in the reviews of the Rogue Creamery non-blues, The Lady met a most charming Frenchman, Lionel Giraud, who at the time was a sales rep for the French Cheese Company, FROMI. He has since […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another Les Petits Morceaux de Fromage (note to The Man: it means “Small Bites of Cheese”) that The Lady bought at the Hollywood Whole Foods was a small “brick” of Widmer Cheese Cellars Aged Brick. The Lady and I, your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once more the Trappist Monks show the good side of celibacy: Port Salut, a great cheese to go with all those great beers and liqueurs they make. Also known as Entrammes, this mild tasting, semi-soft cheese has a fascinating […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady’s BCFF, Amy aka The Queen of Cheese, taught The Lady how to stretch mozzarella curd last week and as a treat she brought along a wheel of Le Timanoix, a washed-rind cheese made at the Abbey of Timadeuc […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
T Minus 2 Days and Counting…The Lady isn’t sleeping…she claims it’s the excitement of traveling; but I prefer to believe it is anxiety over the repercussions she might encounter in the event she leaves The Cat behind…a feline scorned is…well […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
