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Eketahuna Cheese Festival 2019! See you there.

May 12, 2019 Lucy from Life and Cheese

Calling all cheese-lovers! The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival is on Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27 2019 at the Eketahuna Community Centre. And this year it’s  bigger and even better, over two days, starting on Sunday! There are producers from … Continue reading Eketahuna Cheese Festival 2019! See you there.

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C’est Cheese and washed rind blue

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Lucy from Life and Cheese

A washed rind blue? Never heard of it, nor has Pual Broughton from C’est Cheese, but he reckons it’d be worth a go. This is not a traditional style of cheese, but with a twinkle in his eye Paul thinks … Continue reading C’est Cheese and washed rind blue

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The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival 2018

February 25, 2018 Lucy from Life and Cheese

On 14 May, 2018 some big cheeses will descend on a small town in Wairarapa for the second Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival. Put it in your diary, I hope to see you there! The Eketahuna festival is set to become … Continue reading The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival 2018

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Stinking Bishop at The Stinking Bishops

August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 Lucy from Life and Cheese

It stunk out my lab, laughed my brother when a Christmas cheese parcel arrived in Washington DC a few years back. I’d added Stinking Bishop to the Murray’s Cheese Shop’s online order because I’d read about it but I’d never … Continue reading Stinking Bishop at The Stinking Bishops

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Cheese in Cambodia

December 20, 2015December 20, 2015 Lucy from Life and Cheese

  Cheese was the last thing I expected to find in Phnom Pehn, let alone good cheese. Testament to the French, cheese, wine, coffee, charcuterie and bread are remains of their colonial influence.    Atop our riverfront terrace we nibbled … Continue reading Cheese in Cambodia

Cheese geekery, New Zealand cheese, Raw milk6 Comments

Eketahuna cheese pop up

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 Lucy from Life and Cheese

  What is an artisan cheese and how much do we want it?  I wondered this heading back to Wellington from the Eketahuna cheese pop up event on Friday, 9 October.   Cheese makers and mongers, raw milkers and the cheese curious, … Continue reading Eketahuna cheese pop up

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Cheesey alchemy at the Cordon Bleu with Dr Mark Krasnow

October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 Lucy from Life and Cheese

 Live fast, die young – such is the lifestyle of Brie microbes according to Dr Mark Krasnow, at Wellington’s Le Cordon Bleu Wine and Cheese Tasting last Friday night. In contrast, Parmesan’s flavours develop slow and steady as the enzymes … Continue reading Cheesey alchemy at the Cordon Bleu with Dr Mark Krasnow

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Cheese pop-up, Eketahuna, Friday 9 October.

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 Lucy from Life and Cheese

  Wouldn’t you like to get a whey? Join cheese lovers in Eketahuna for a pop-up cheese event of seminars, local dairy history and general cheese geekery, from 11am- 4pm on Friday 9 October.  Cheese pop-up on Eventfinder Nestled in … Continue reading Cheese pop-up, Eketahuna, Friday 9 October.

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Saggio di Vinos, cheesecarts and memories of France

July 27, 2014August 9, 2015 Lucy from Life and Cheese

At least 18 cheeses on a cheese cart they said on their website, how could I resist? Dinner at Saggio di Vinos was the second must do-thing on my list in Christchurch last weekend. A cheese cart is a rare … Continue reading Saggio di Vinos, cheesecarts and memories of France

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Wrapped up warmly Martin Aspinwall from Canterbury Cheesemongers slices some of the Caerphilly.

My number one thing to do in Christchurch

July 20, 2014August 9, 2015 Lucy from Life and Cheese

I can’t go to Christchurch without making a pilgrimage to the cheese stalls at the Christchurch Farmers Market at Riccarton, even when it’s cold and I’m sick. So like a plague-riddled mendicant I hauled my sorry self out of bed, … Continue reading My number one thing to do in Christchurch

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