I’m not even going to look at what the date of my last blog post was – I’m embarrassed to even admit it! SO, instead I’ll just write on and hope that I can continue to do so every day! Recently, I was brought an apartment-warming gift from my friend Eleanor that delighted my cheesy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cheese’
The Cutest Cheese Knife I’ve Seen (and the First Post I’ve Written) in a Long Time!
Posted in Pretty Packaging, tagged cheese, Cheese Boards, Cheese Knives, Michael Aram, Topo Cheese Knife on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
BEAUTIFUL FOOD – OR IS IT ART??
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adventure, Beautiful food, Cake Opera, cheese on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Good afternoon, Cheese Lovers!! Have you ever come across food so lovely that you might not even want to eat it? I love to eat beautiful food of all sorts, as often as possible! I thought that I would share with you a few bites of beauty that I’ve come across in the past little [...]
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 [...]
Life on a Farm: Milking Sheep, Making Cheese. Part 1
Posted in Becoming the Big Cheese, Stacey's Adventures, tagged Adventure, Alastair MacKenzie, artisanal, Artisanal Cheese, Bleu de La Moutonniere, Canada, cheese, Cheese Making, La Moutonniere, Lucille Giroux, Milking, Sheep's milk, Trip on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As many of you may know, I love cheese. Recently, I went on a journey that marked a time of momentous learning and growth in my cheesy life. I spent the week at La Moutonniere, in Ste-Helene-de-Chester, Quebec, where I learned to make cheese, milk sheep and most importantly, survive without cell phone reception!!
And The Award Goes To…
Posted in Cheesy Events, Stacey's Adventures, tagged Avonlea, Avonlea Cheddar, Awards, Canada, Canadian Cheese Grand Prix, CCGP, cheese, Cow Milk, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Fromagerie Presbytere, Lankaaster, Louis d'Or, Mont Jacob, Perron Cheddar on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WHEW, What a night!!! Last night was the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Gala at the Palais Royale where the winners of best cheeses of 2011 were announced. I was lucky enough to have been invited and it was a very swanky affair put on by the Dairy Farmers of Canada! Hosted by TV personalities Ben [...]
The 2011 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix
Posted in Cheesy Events, Stacey's Adventures, tagged Awards, Canada, Canadian Grand Prix, cheese, top 10 on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight is the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Gala where the winners of the Best Cheeses of 2011 will be announced… and I’m lucky enough to have an invitation to attend!
The Great Canadian Cheese Festival – A Contest!!
Posted in Cheesy Events, Contests, tagged Canada, cheese, Cheese Contest, Festival, Great Canadian Cheese Festival, Prince Edward County on April 18, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Introducing the Great Canadian Cheese Festival! I am so excited to announce that Georgs and his team have offered me a pair of tickets to give away to the Saturday All-Day Tasting Seminar Program (june 4) at the Festival! This is going to be a great day full of cheese education, perfect for any cheese lover!!
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!