Tag: cheese tray

  • Fruit Plates Are Our Favorite Afternoon Snacks

    Working from home can be dangerous to your waistline, unless you're careful about snacks. At about three every afternoon, we both need a little pick-me-up.

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    Our snack of choice is fruit. Some days it's just an apple. But, when our fruit basket is full of delicious ripe berries and peaches, they will make an appearance.

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    Occasionally, when the cheese drawer has a perfect match like this cheddar, a bit of cheese will join the party.

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    We have added fruit to our cheese trays over the years and now have quite a few favorite combinations like these bits of brie with figs. 

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    When the stone fruit season is at its height, it can be fun to taste the contrasts. On this plate we had a sweet, luscious Saturn peach, a tart apricot, and a plum that was right in the middle of the other two on the sweet/tart scale.

    The blueberries were on the plate to add color. We eat with our eyes and the contrast makes the plate of healthy fruit as attractive as a fancy and high-calorie fruit tart.

     

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino 

  • Cheese Alert: Bethmale Chèvre

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    Last Saturday, we stopped by Bacco's Wine & Cheese to add a little something to our weekend cheese tray and discovered Bethmale Chèvre.

    My first request was for something sheepy, and shop owner Bob Bacco suggested one of our all-time favorite sheep's milk cheeses, Berkswell

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    Since he seemed to have zeroed-in on our taste, I asked him to recommend a goat cheese. He handed over a slice of this semi-soft, lacy beauty that tasted like heaven. Yes, a piece of that was certainly going home with us. 

    Lesson: Always ask your cheesemonger for suggestions!

    Do you let your cheesemonger suggest new cheeses or stick to your old favorites?

    What's your current cheese crush?

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    This is a cheese that seems to get better with every bite. The first nibble fills your mouth with deep flavor and the second taste has you craving more. As you can see in the top photo, it slices beautifully with a cheese plane that yields lovely, long, irresistible shavings.

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    Janet Fletcher of the San Francisco Chronicle discovered this cheese long before most other cheese fans. She said, "The aroma is nutty and the flavor mellow and sweet, not remotely chalky or goaty. I have a hard time imagining anyone not liking this cheese." We agree!

    And, here are other items from our Cheese Tray!

    What's on your Cheese Shopping List? Here are some great books about cheese. These make wonderful gifts for a Cheese Lover. And, when you shop Amazon from here, they put some coins in our tip jar.

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Cheese Alert: Bethmale Chèvre

    IMG_6233 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino (1)

    Last Saturday, we stopped by Bacco's Wine & Cheese to add a little something to our weekend cheese tray and discovered Bethmale Chèvre.

    My first request was for something sheepy, and shop owner Bob Bacco suggested one of our all-time favorite sheep's milk cheeses, Berkswell

    IMG_6229 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Since he seemed to have zeroed-in on our taste, I asked him to recommend a goat cheese. He handed over a slice of this semi-soft, lacy beauty that tasted like heaven. Yes, a piece of that was certainly going home with us. 

    Lesson: Always ask your cheesemonger for suggestions!

    Do you let your cheesemonger suggest new cheeses or stick to your old favorites?

    What's your current cheese crush?

    IMG_6227 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    This is a cheese that seems to get better with every bite. The first nibble fills your mouth with deep flavor and the second taste has you craving more. As you can see in the top photo, it slices beautifully with a cheese plane that yields lovely, long, irresistible shavings.

    IMG_6230 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Janet Fletcher of the San Francisco Chronicle discovered this cheese long before most other cheese fans. She said, "The aroma is nutty and the flavor mellow and sweet, not remotely chalky or goaty. I have a hard time imagining anyone not liking this cheese." We agree!

    And, here are other items from our Cheese Tray!

    What's on your Cheese Shopping List? Here are some great books about cheese. These make wonderful gifts for a Cheese Lover. And, when you shop Amazon from here, they put some coins in our tip jar.

    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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  • Cheese Alert: Bethmale Chèvre

    IMG_6233 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino (1)

    Last Saturday, we stopped by Bacco's Wine & Cheese to add a little something to our weekend cheese tray and discovered Bethmale Chèvre.

    My first request was for something sheepy, and shop owner Bob Bacco suggested one of our all-time favorite sheep's milk cheeses, Berkswell

    IMG_6229 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Since he seemed to have zeroed-in on our taste, I asked him to recommend a goat cheese. He handed over a slice of this semi-soft, lacy beauty that tasted like heaven. Yes, a piece of that was certainly going home with us. 

    Lesson: Always ask your cheesemonger for suggestions!

    Do you let your cheesemonger suggest new cheeses or stick to your old favorites?

    What's your current cheese crush?

    IMG_6227 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    This is a cheese that seems to get better with every bite. The first nibble fills your mouth with deep flavor and the second taste has you craving more. As you can see in the top photo, it slices beautifully with a cheese plane that yields lovely, long, irresistible shavings.

    IMG_6230 - Version 22013-04-06-bethmale-cherve- bacco's-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Janet Fletcher of the San Francisco Chronicle discovered this cheese long before most other cheese fans. She said, "The aroma is nutty and the flavor mellow and sweet, not remotely chalky or goaty. I have a hard time imagining anyone not liking this cheese." We agree!

    And, here are other items from our Cheese Tray!

    What's on your Cheese Shopping List? Here are some great books about cheese. These make wonderful gifts for a Cheese Lover. And, when you shop Amazon from here, they put some coins in our tip jar.

    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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