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…
It’s remarkable to think it was just 20 years ago since Croatia obtained its rightful independence following a war which many still hold as the most important, if not the only fact they know about this remarkable little country. Though […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pleasant Ridge Reserve , the only cheese to win “Best of Show” three times at the American Cheese Society Competition, is a mountain-style, grass-fed, raw milk cheese made in Dodgeville, Wisconsin at Uplands Cheese Company. In 1994, Mike and Carol Gingrich and Dan […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome to my new weekly series, “It’s Sunday Morning: Time to Talk Cheeses”. The first and third Sunday of each month, I will interview a Cheesemaker. The other Sundays, I’ll explore cheese, the true love of my life… along with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2011 flew by, for The Lady literally flew by as her new job took her to New York (twice), Dallas (twice), Aiken, South Carolina, Denver (3 times), Boulder, Houston, Paris, France (just the airport… but she did see the Eiffel […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The island of Pag off the coast of Croatia is home to a special artisan cheese, Paski Sir. Paski Sir is gaining worldwide recognition quickly as it amasses award-after-award. In 2010, it won the prestigious Barber Award and was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This post concludes our series on the eight basic steps in cheesemaking as outlined by Dr. Frank Kosikowski and Max McCalman. The Lady’s nose is buried in Max McCalman’s latest book, Mastering Cheese and just finished the chapter that outlines […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady’s nose is buried in Max McCalman’s latest book, Mastering Cheese and just finished the chapter that outlines the eight basic steps of cheesemaking. Max used the work of a Dairy Science Professor. The Lady shared this information with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As part of our Cheese 101 project, The Lady is sharing the seven seminars she attended at the recent American Cheese Society Conference in Seattle. The first seminar she attended delved into the concept of terroir and how place affects […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The last seminar The Lady attended at last week’s American Cheese Society conference was an introduction to charcuterie and was moderated by Tyler Hawes, Buyer for Artisanal Premium Cheese. Because cheese and cured meats are often paired, it seemed a natural for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I’m sitting here in the Cheese Bunker hidden somewhere in the suburbs of Seattle and The Lady is hanging out with the “Cheese Swells” at the Seattle “No Pets” Sheraton… something is definitely wrong with this cheese picture… The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
