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Links Worth a Look

Posted in Food Writing, Good Reads, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Here are some posts and articles related to food and drink worth a read from various sources on the web:

  • The Truth on Olive Oil Health - a post from Tom Mueller about Dr. Mary Flynn and her work to “…start separating the wheat from the chaff in olive oil health, by building a canon of solid scientific information, and debugging a number of widespread olive oil misconceptions.”
  • How to Eat a Porcupine - not only one of the best post titles but a beautifully written travelogue about the emotional progression of eating bushmeat in a foreign land. (more…)

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Time Flies! Our Blog’s Three Year Anniversary

Posted in About Us, Food Writing, tagged , , on October 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Cheese Sampler

First off, a big thank you to all of our readers! Over the past three years, we’ve been working hard to make this blog fun and informative for both customers and staff members. Recent posts have included a two-part study of balsamic vinegars, some of our food book favorites and Tyler’s recipe for “Mil Fromages” mac and cheese. We’ve now posted over 180 articles on a range of topics from pine mouth, to our recent travels in the Basque region of France, to posts about cheese, beer and wine. (more…)

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Tried and True: Favorite Cookbooks, Food Memoirs + Culinary References

Posted in About Us, Education, Food Writing, Good Reads, tagged , , , , , , on September 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Some Favorite Food Books

When we’re not in the shop, we’re often cooking, eating or reading about food. Recently, we opened a Pinterest account and started pinning staff favorites – cookbooks, food memoirs and culinary references among them. Here are a few of our favorite reads – for the full list (an ongoing project), check out our Pinterest account!

Chez Panisse Café Cookbook – by Alice L. Waters – all of Chef Waters’ books are amazing. Don’t expect fancy pictures, just lots of fascinating information and delicious recipes that never fail. In this volume, don’t miss making the “Morel Mushroom Toasts.” (more…)

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Metaphors: Describing and Sharing Our Food Experiences

Posted in Cheese, Food Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 14, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud

Not long ago, a fellow cheesemonger and I were talking about the way we describe food – specifically, in selling cheese to our customers. “Like ‘nutty,’” she said. “Nuts really have nothing to do with the production of cheese.”

Why do I think of the flavor of sesame seeds when I taste Moses Sleeper, from Jasper Hill Farm, in Vermont? Why Brazil nuts with a recent Taleggio or pistachio when tasting Caprotto? Why do we describe specific tastes, or hints of taste, with things that are most certainly uncheese-like? Because these metaphors help people understand what to expect from a cheese. (more…)

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