Posted in Gifts & Wares, tagged buffalo horn, Coltelleria Saladini, Couteau des Sorgues, handcrafted, knife, knives, Laguiole, Mozzetta, olive wood, Opinel, ox horn, Saladini, Scarperia on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Coltelleria Saladini "Mozzetta" Knife
Thinking of the knife in your back pocket as a best friend might be a little over the top, but if you’ve ever owned a Saladini knife, that’s likely exactly how you feel. My newest pocket knife comes from these famed Italian knife makers and I cannot sing its praises enough. (more…)
Posted in Appetizers & Hors d'Oeuvres, Cheese, Main Dishes, Recipes, tagged Aligot, Appenzeller, Auvergne, Beaufort, Cantal, Cheese, Comté, cooking, Emmental, Emmentaler, fondue, fonduta, Fontina d'Aosta, Fontina Val d'Aosta, food, France, Gruyere, Italy, Laguiole, melted cheese, recipe, Recipes, Salers, Vacherin Fribourgeois on January 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
As a child, I was an avid reader of Asterix and Obelix comics and there are a couple of images from the series that made an indelible mark. One was of Obelix furious and red in the face (I was always a little partial to Obelix) after Dogmatix had somehow been threatened. Another was of some poor, pathetic Roman who keeps losing his piece of bread in a large cauldron full of fondue. As the comic progressed (I think it must have been the one where Asterix and Obelix are in Switzerland), the cheese stretches all over the room and all over the partakers of the meal. That was my first image of fondue – it seemed fun, crazy and probably amazingly delicious. (more…)
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