Tag: cheese ideas

  • Burrata: Bathing Beauty of the Cheese World

    Burrata: Bathing Beauty of the Cheese World

    Luscious, voluptuous, silky, oozy, creamy butteriness. If you aren’t already turned on to Burrata, you should be. Hailing from the region of Puglia, Italy, this gorgeous little cheese’s name means “butter.”[i] Burrata is a member of the pasta filata family of cheeses: those stretched-curd cheeses related to Mozzarella, Oaxaca, and Provolone. Yet in a twist,…

  • Why Do Cheese Shops Always Sell Fig Bread and Date Cake?

    Why Do Cheese Shops Always Sell Fig Bread and Date Cake?

    “This is cheese?” That’s the question—always practically shouted, always with incredulity—we get 99-percent of the time when a customer notices our fig bread and date cake for the first time. Last week, an older gentleman even picked up a wedge, looked me square in the eye, and said, “so this is what’s become of fruitcake?”…

  • Thanksgiving Leftovers: Will They Raclette?

    Thanksgiving Leftovers: Will They Raclette?

    We are now four days removed from the American Thanksgiving holiday. (Yes, Canadians are also Americans, but their Thanksgiving was on October 8.) If, like me, you still have a lot of leftovers in your refrigerator, there’s a high likelihood that you are growing tired of recreating last Thursday’s feast every day. I will provide…