Hi Cheese Lovers! Welcome to my new cheesy obsession: The 33 Pieces of Cheese Tasting Notebook! I was browsing around on other cheese blogs and I came across someone who had blogged about these notebooks and given my occasional tendency to be a design nerd, I was immediately drawn to them! If you’re the [...]
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33 Pieces of Cheese Tasting Notebook
Posted in Becoming the Big Cheese, The Word on Curd, tagged 33Cheeses, Adventure, cheese, cheese tasting, Taste of Cheese on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cottage Gold
Posted in New Cheese, The Word on Curd, tagged artisanal, Artisanal Cheese, Canada, Canadian Cheese Festival, Cheddar, cheese, cheese tasting, Cottage Gold, Cow Milk, gouda, Great Canadian Cheese Festival, Niagara Gold, Upper Canada Cheese Company on June 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One of Ontario’s finest cheese makers has developed a new winner! Upper Canada Cheese has released a limited edition cheese called Cottage Gold!! I had the pleasure of tasting this cheese and can’t wait to tell you all about it.
Life on a Farm: Milking Sheep, Making Cheese. Part 2
Posted in Becoming the Big Cheese, Stacey's Adventures, The Word on Curd, tagged Adventure, Alastair MacKenzie, Artisanal Cheese, Bleu de La Moutonniere, cheese, Cheese Making, Fleur des Monts, Lucile Giroux, Quebec, Ricotta, Sheep, Sheep Milk on May 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My trip to the farm continued… Thanks for coming back to read the second part of my blog post about my trip to La Moutonniere. Lets continue with day #3!! Day 3: I awoke again, super-early to head over to the Fromagerie to make cheese with Lucille. Today we were going to be finishing off [...]
Le Migneron de Charlevoix
Posted in The Word on Curd, tagged cheese, Le Migneron de Charlevoix, Maurice Dufour, Migneron, Quebec, Tasting Note on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today I tasted a Canadian Classic, Le Migneron de Charlevoix. Here are my tasting notes!
You’re Hot then you’re Cold: What’s the perfect temp for cheese?
Posted in The Word on Curd, tagged Artisanal Cheese, chaource, cheese, Comparison, Temperature on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
How long do you leave your cheese out of the fridge for before chowing down? If the answer is “no time at all,” it’s time to change your ways!
One of the ways to truly appreciate your amazing cheese is to serve it up at room temperature.
Finding Comfort in Comfort Cream
Posted in New Cheese, The Word on Curd, tagged Artisanal Cheese, Brie, cheese, Comfort Cream, Cow Milk, Ontario on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Good Afternoon Cheese Lovers! I hope that you are all having a cheesy day! I’m hanging around the office, snacking on a yummy cheese called Comfort Cream. Comfort Cream is produced by Upper Canada Cheese Company (Hereby refered to in this post as U.C.C.C.), which is located in Jordan Station, in the Niagara Region of [...]
Mystery Cheese!
Posted in Stacey's Adventures, The Word on Curd, tagged Adventure, cheese, Mystery Cheese, Trip on February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How brave are you when it comes to cheese? I work at a job where I often hear people tell me, without certainty, that there are certain types of cheese that they absolutely hate! At Taste of Cheese we are often lucky enough to exhibit at trade shows where lots of cheese-lovers come to visit [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day, Cheese Lovers!
Posted in New Cheese, The Word on Curd, tagged cheese, Goat Milk, Tommette aux Baies Roses, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My Cheese of Valentine’s Day 2011 is Tommette aux Baies Roses, a small, fresh pat of chevre seasoned with herbs and sprinkled with pink peppercorns.
Winners of the 2010 American Cheese Society Competition!
Posted in The Word on Curd, tagged ACS, cheese, Competition, Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser, Soeur Angele on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Good Afternoon! As many of you cheese lovers probably know, the announcement of the winners of the 2010 ACS took place earlier this week and i wanted to mention a certain cheese that took a big prize!!! The Soeur Angele from QC by the Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser came in FIRST PLACE in the Open Category [...]
New Page…. Yeah, up there ^
Posted in The Word on Curd, tagged cheese, Cheese Articles, New Page on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just created a new page for the blog where I can link to lots and lots of articles and waste the least amount of space! Checks it out!!!!! (Its in a tab on the top of the page!)