Fruit, Cheese and Wine The season for comic pears is short. If you can find these pears at the grocery store – buy them.They are wonderful – sweet and very juicy! They bruise easily though, so be careful when you’re handling them. Choose fruit that is still firm and after a few days they will [...]
Chocolate, Cheese and Wine Okay, so you think it sounds weird, but it’s a great combination. We already know that wine and cheese are wonderful together. Chocolate and dessert wines are great together. What could be better than all three at the same time? If you have a Port or a nice Sherry that you [...]
Top 10 Cheese Facts 1. Cheese tastes best at room temperature (allow to sit wrapped on counter for at least one hour) 2. You can’t judge a cheese by its smell (some smellies are bland, some blandies are flavorful) 3. Raw milk cheeses that are aged more than 60 days are legal in the USA [...]
The Blue Cheeses Blue cheese is a general classification of cow’s milk, sheep’s milk, or goat’s milk cheeses that have had Penicillium cultures added – producing the blue, blue-gray or blue-green veins or spots of mold in the cheese. The 3 classic blue cheeses are Roquefort, Gorgonzola and Stilton. The saltiness of the cheese is [...]
What’s Old is New Chances are, when you think of sherry you think of little old ladies at the turn of the century, sitting in a drawing room sipping wine from small crystal glasses. Well, maybe those ladies knew something we’ve forgotten- sherry is a delightful, food friendly wine. Today, most sherries that are sold [...]
