INSPIRE CHEESE PLATE ENVY on a budget.

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May 242012
 
INSPIRE CHEESE PLATE ENVY on a budget.

A woman with clumpy eye make up, very long fake nails and over processed hair once asked me at a party, “So what did you bring?” and I answered, “The cheese plate.” and she said, “well, that’s not very creative.” To which I replied with a pleasant smile and thought, “you should know broomhilda.” I make a lovely cheese plate, I would even say, a thoughtful cheese plate and sometimes a very expensive cheese plate that I fashion from Whole Paycheck cheeses. The line up usually reads as: Brillat Savarin: French buttery triple cream heaven, Uniekaas aged gouda: Dutch, nutty, warm, semi hard 18 month aged goodness, Blue Bayley Hazen: [Read More...]

BRILLAT SAVARIN, NOT THE MAN.

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Dec 072010
 
BRILLAT SAVARIN, NOT THE MAN.

The cheese. Brillat Savarin was the famous lawyer and gastronome from the early 1800′s often quoted for saying,”Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.”, but more importantly, for this post, he is the man after which someone named one of the most creamy and luscious cheese experiences I have ever had. Have you tasted Brillat Savarin, again, not the man, but the cheese? …When the rind is perfectly bloomy? When it has been sitting around for a few hours, a little droopy and defeated, feigning humility, yet taunting you to come hither? If you have, then you know that when you have a taste [Read More...]