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Cheese

My Reunion Cheeseplate – a Local Trinity

25 May 2011

 Late May, rituals of academia – commencements and their subsequent spawn, reunions. It was a milestone year for my graduating class – a celebration was certainly in order. My circle of friends and associates had not been joiners during our college years; rather, we were independent and somewhat rebellious and occasionally sullen. So, we weren’t planning [...]

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My All-Goat Easter Cheese Plate

28 April 2011

I wanted to provide the perfect – or at least memorable - ending to the Easter dinner I was invited to share with friends – herbed-crusted leg of lamb, red bliss potaoes roasted with the lamb and green beans with Roquefort and walnuts. Thus, I went to Central Bottle and Provisions to consult with my go-to cheesemonger David [...]

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Seasonal Cheese Class at Central Bottle – “Mold in Relation to Cheese”

14 March 2011

 
 It was geek night at Central Bottle and Provision – an evening devoted to the microbiology of molds complete with slides and cultures! I was happy. Usually, cheese classes might touch upon the molds that make cheese possible, but the discussion can be cursory. Ditto for cheese books – either they veer towards the coffee-table [...]

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My Mid-Winter Cheese Plate – An Italian Trio

10 February 2011

It was an offer I couldn’t refuse. A friend called –  he was making coq au Vin and would I want to join them for dinner? Of course I would and I would provide the cheese course. My friend makes outstanding Coq au Vin – that icon of French bourgeois cuisine – using a recipe from Madeleine Kamman [...]

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My Winter Cheese Plate

21 January 2011

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Frankly, the winter has been quite wintry. With the weather circumscibing my social life, I was beginning to feel somewhat cloistered. So when I got an invite to an evening of football – viewed on a really large screen – and chili, I unhesitatingly accepted. I do admit that there was also the inducement of [...]

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My Autumn Cheese Plate

17 October 2010

I was off to the country for a weekend visit with friends - foliage, good food and wine and of course good cheese. There was also the opportunity to see a notable work of art; Manet’s the Dead Toreador was on loan at WAM (Worcester Art Museum) from the National Gallery (no acronym here).
A quick aside – [...]

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Getting My Goat at Central Bottle

19 July 2010

Central Bottle and Provision is a busy place. A wine shop with a unique and well chosen inventory of wines from small producers, delicious take-away food and a great cheese wall and case, it has an ambitious calendar of events – chef demos,  meet- and- greets with winemakers, a weekly wine bar (or the occasional beer bar) and a [...]

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Three for the Solstice

22 June 2010

I was going to a small Solstice Eve dinner. Of course, I would bring the cheese. I wanted cheeses that would be perfect for summer – either fresh or, if aged, at their peak. So I was off to Central Bottle and Provision to consult with David, my favorite cheesemonger. Central Bottle always has an everchanging [...]

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His Birthday Cheeses – or In Spring a Man’s Fancy Turns to Goat

4 May 2010

Image by cemaine via Flickr

Lingot du Quercy, Roves des Garrigue and Georgia Pecan
 Finally, the ordeal of moving behind me, I was heading out of town for some R ‘n’ R in the country. (And no, that’s not Rock ‘n’ Roll.)  Before hopping on the Pike, though, I stopped at Central Bottle to procure some cheese from David, the [...]

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Say Cheese

13 April 2010

On Sunday April 11th, The Bueno Queso Social Club held the inaugural meeting of its fourth year. Previously, I’ve written about my passion for cheese  and the  BQSC in the post  “It’s the Most Wonderful Class of the Year“. Now, once again, we were gathered for further gastronomic adventures with Robert at the helm ably complimented by [...]

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