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Recipe of the Month – Tartiflette

Recipe of the Month – Tartiflette

Recipe of the Month – Tartiflette I read about this dish, which was new to me, in a memoir by a transplanted American living in France. (Samantha Vérant’s book, How To Make a French Family, is coming out in April.) Rather than try to save the recipe in the eBook, I clipped two other recipes from the … Continue reading →

Recipe Of the Month – Pan-Fried Camembert Sandwich 

Recipe Of the Month – Pan-Fried Camembert Sandwich 

Bet you thought this month’s special recipe would be that gorgeous rib roast of beef I made right before Christmas. But instead I’m going with this Pan-Fried Camembert Sandwich from the BBC, such a simple little thing, but with a big payoff in luxurious flavor. (Click here for the recipe.) I always have some type of cranberry sauce around (though you … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas 

Merry Christmas 

Dear readers, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or the best of whatever holiday(s) you celebrate! I was back to my old routine of preparing a cheese tray for my brother and sister-in-law’s dinner this year. Here’s a photo of it and a list of the contents. (One of the cheeses is “standing alone” because of a … Continue reading →

Finlandia for National Dairy Month

Finlandia for National Dairy Month

Life is short. Eat good butter. I didn’t even know it was National Dairy Month until someone from Finlandia (the dairy company, not the vodka!) contacted me asking if I’d be interested in some complimentary butter and cheese to try out. (As my father used to joke, “Is the Pope Catholic?) I do know how lucky I am … Continue reading →

Queso Flameado

Queso Flameado

Ah, Queso Flameado, I suppose it was just a matter of time until I fell into your delicious clutches. Translated, it means “flamed cheese,” and it often appears on menus as Queso Fundido, too. (Fundido means “melted.”) I don’t think I’ve ever ordered it, however, figuring it was just too sinful to add to what usually … Continue reading →

Grilled Cheese Month

Grilled Cheese Month

I can’t let April pass without celebrating Grilled Cheese Month. Grilled cheese is probably my favorite sandwich. It is, at least, the only one I regularly make. I like mine with tomato, and sometimes add bacon if I have any that’s already cooked, although for one of the sandwiches pictured below I did cook up some … Continue reading →

String Cheese from Fulper Farms

String Cheese from Fulper Farms

I am turning into my father. Well, culinarily speaking, that is. He loved the classic Armenian snack of cucumber and string cheese. First, the cucumber. The cucumber used to be from his garden, then in later years, from the grocery store or farmers market. I just love the small, tender Persian cucumbers I find at Trader Joe’s, … Continue reading →

National Grilled Cheese Month

April has been National Grilled Cheese month, but I’m only now getting to posting some of my own creations over the last few years.  Bon Appétit! You may notice tomato is a given, I usually won’t make a grilled cheese sandwich without sliced tomato.  I also like to include bacon.  And, if I happen to … Continue reading →

Let the Cheese Games Begin!

I always go a little cheese crazy as the weather cools, and this year is no exception. Just the other day I got an email from Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse that they had Jean Louis Special Blue again, the first time since their move to Milford about 2 years ago. Lickety-split I ordered myself a … Continue reading →