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pink goat cheese fondue
i discovered/created a fondue recipe that i think is kind of awesome and offbeat. the (possible) problem with it is that it’s pink. sort of mauve actually. traditionally, fondue has 2 – 3 cheeses: gruyere and emmentaler are pretty standard. you can also use appenzeller or raclette (swiss, not french, although french would do in a pinch if you needed to) or even jarlsberg if the stinky feet cheeses are getting to you. also traditionally, those of us even remotely lactose-sensitive are going to be bent double after eating a large enough portion (say, half a fondue-pot full). the other thing is that, while fondue… { read more }
fondue season
the wheel of gruyere that i found in the produce section during our last trip to whole foods reminds me that it’s fondue season, which reminds me that once upon a time i had resolved to write more about food on this blog, and reminds me of the number of times people asked me what cheeses they needed for fondue. it’s easy. the fairly standard, traditional formula for fondue consists of three cheeses: appenzeller emmentaler gruyere you take roughly equal parts of each, grate them into a fondue pot, add some wine, and voila, fondue. the proportions really depend on… { read more }
food blog returns: halloween candy meltdown (literally)
so i was really aggravated last night. we just had a major reset done in the cheese department, and i was focusing on the case, figuring out what i should cut. there was some chocolate that i needed to deal with and my big, pretty display i built a couple months ago got pulled down and replaced by rolling racks. that was annoying, but because our regional analyst person talked to me about it, i was expecting that. i was annoyed because i thought it looked good and i had it somewhat organized the way i wanted it, and the… { read more }
food it is, then…
so, i just checked my wp analytics and the last post, new topic: cheese is my top post and most active. so, um, i guess i should talk about food more. ha. which really makes the ubergeeky theme for the site somewhat unrelated. so yeah, it’s on the list… the big boss came (regional pres) today and arrived last night. so everyone’s running around like chickens with heads cut off freaking out about making the store look pretty. I threw the cheese load as fast as humanly possible, faced up the tea, and then started cutting cheese to fill the… { read more }
new topic: cheese. discuss.
erin thinks i should write about my cheese exploits. because it’s at least as exciting as anything else i ever write about. …she probably has a point. so. today i discovered cowgirl creamery. they’re based in petaluma, ca and we got some MT TAM in (named after mount tamalpais). not only is it a good triple cream brie, the produce guy came over and dropped off some honeydew melon chunks for the sushi guys who share our little production area with us, and i discovered that it also pairs awesomely with that. a perfect combination of sweet and bitter. i… { read more }
