Marcella The Cheesemonger
A Feline Foodie shares his thoughts about cheese…and humankind.
April is Grilled Cheese Month: #15 Sartori Espresso Bellavitano with Shaved, Fresh Asparagus
April is Grilled Cheese Month: #14 Bravo Farms Premium Cheddar with Pink Lady Apple and Fresh Basil
April is Grilled Cheese Month: #10 Olivio with Dalmatia Fig Spread
April is National Grilled Cheese Month - Index of Grilled Cheese Recipes for 2012
April is Grilled Cheese Month: Grilled Cheese #1: Beecher's No Woman with Sully's Date Jam
Fall 2011 Culture Magazine
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Jasper Hill Farm's Alpine-Style Cheese 111228: Mac n Cheese Recipe

Jasper Hill Farm’s Alpine-Style Cheese 111228: Mac n Cheese Recipe

Please visit Culture Magazine’s Blog to read all the tasters thoughts and responses to the first three samples we received. 111228 Mac n Cheese I rarely measure my ingredients and even when I do… it’s “sorta” that amount. Today, while watching The Players’ Championship, I made a mac n cheese using the 111228 sample, which was the...
Becoming A Cheese: First Jasper Hill Farm Tasting

Becoming A Cheese: First Jasper Hill Farm Tasting

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 Hill Farm for this opportunity. With the cheese came a questionnaire to fill out with...
The Hawthorne Hamburger Project

The Hawthorne Hamburger Project

When The Lady came home with the news that the Hawthorne Fred Meyer had added a hamburger bar in their deli bistro… my first thought was… “Oh Brother, just what the Humankinds of Portland need is another hamburger stand…” As it turns out, I was wrong… Melanie, the chef at the Hawthorne FM Bistro, has created a...
Cheddar Jasmine Rice and Salami Ragout

Cheddar Jasmine Rice and Salami Ragout

Sometimes The Lady just combs through the fridge and the pantry until she finds enough ingredients to make a “decent” dinner… sometimes The Man enjoys what she makes and sometimes he swoons… last night… The Man swooned. The Lady had a wedge of black-waxed two year Black Diamond Extra Sharp White Cheddar that she brought...
Culture Magazine and Jasper Hill's "Birth of a Cheese: 2012"

Culture Magazine and Jasper Hill’s “Birth of a Cheese: 2012″

The Lady has been selected as one of the 2012 panelists by Culture Magazine and Jasper Hill Farm to taste a new Alpine-style Cheese that Jasper Hill has created. Yet again, I am out here doing all the “heavy lifting” and The Lady is getting all the cool stuff to do… humankinds sure have it...
St. Marcellin

St. Marcellin

A “well-connected” cheese friend just returned from Paris and surprised The Lady and moi with two very different, small disks of the same cheese, Saint Marcellin. Our friend’s last stop before flying home from France was Lyons, the home of Saint Marcellin which is available everywhere: in restaurants as part of the cheese course or...
Lighter Cheddar from Tuxford and Tebbutt's

Lighter Cheddar from Tuxford and Tebbutt’s

Vegetarian Suitable As many of you already know, The Lady travels the United States setting up Murray’s Cheese Shops inside Kroger Stores. It’s a dream job for a cheese nerd, which The Lady is, and one that she greatly enjoys… The Man and me… not so much… when she travels we miss her… The Man...
Spaulding Gray Interviews Author of “Coroner's Cold Case #81128: Marilyn Monroe”, Peter M. Wright

Spaulding Gray Interviews Author of “Coroner’s Cold Case #81128: Marilyn Monroe”, Peter M. Wright

UPDATE: 5/22: More on this book!! I had the unexpected pleasure of sitting down with Award-Winning Film Editor turned Non-Fiction Writer, Peter M. Wright, to discuss his new book, Coroner’s Cold Case #81128: Marilyn Monroe. First of all, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to sit down with me and answer a...
Open-Faced Grilled Cheese #25: Pilgrim's Choice Londoner Cheddar with Shaved Ham on LaPanzanella Croccantini

Open-Faced Grilled Cheese #25: Pilgrim’s Choice Londoner Cheddar with Shaved Ham on LaPanzanella Croccantini

As promised, although late in coming, The Lady and moi will continue to post our new grilled cheese pairings until we meet our pledge of 30 to celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month… Tonight The Lady took a right turn and decided to do the grilled cheese open-faced, which makes it a “melted” rather than a...
May Giveaway: 100% Parmesan Crisps From Kitchen Table Bakers

May Giveaway: 100% Parmesan Crisps From Kitchen Table Bakers

100% Parmesan and 100% delish… Parmesan Crisps from Kitchen Table Bakers. We have partnered with the fine folks at Kitchen Table Bakers to giveaway one an assortment of these fabulous crisps to one lucky winner. And you don’t have to answer any cheesy questions and you don’t have to go on a scavenger hunt on...