Predinner nibbles are a tradition in my family. A chance to catch up over chips, dips and cheese, washed down with wine and plenty of chatter. A warm, noisy, joyful affair. And no more so than at Christmas, where a … Continue reading 5 tips for a Christmas cheese board
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
“I declared them at Customs.” My mum excitedly handed me two packs of Wisconsin cheese curds. They came via a wine’n liquor store in Washington DC where my brother and his ‘sconsin partner Brady live. Cheese curds were the great … Continue reading Cheese curds Poutine love
Silky sweet flesh poised between the sharp tartness of skin and seed, New Zealand table grapes grace us for a short time. A fleeting moment, their brief local season reminds me of hot childhood days in the Hamilton, plump ripe … Continue reading Roasted grapes and ricotta
Sometimes it’s hard to put together a cheese plate when you’re a cheese geek. Like when you’re on holiday, cut off from specialist food stores, with just a regular supermarket and a hankering for a feed of cheese. That … Continue reading Composing a cheese plate
A hot cheese scone, lashings of butter and a fresh pot of coffee. Nothing beats it. So it was with great delight that my mate Kate made griddle scones at the bach last week, substituting the oven for our trusty … Continue reading Cheese Griddle scones on the barbeque
I reckon Kiwis have a lot to learn about cheese from Wisconsin. Like putting cheese into a cocktail. Yup. That’s a cheese curd, a sausage and an olive in my Bloody Mary. And because this is ‘Sconsin they follow it … Continue reading Curds are the way in Wisconsin
I rarely drink Pinot Gris, but Ohau Gravel‘s delicate peach blush and mouth-watering spice had me racing for a washed rind cheese. And The Harnett from Kaikoura Cheese was a perfect match. It was love at first bite. Pretty in … Continue reading The Harnett and Pinot Gris
Silky smooth, light yet rich, hot mustard tempering sweet caraway. Liptauer cheese spread – where have you been all my life? For Nigella you’re a deli-counter treat from childhood, for others find you in Austrian, Hungarian or even Slovakian taverns. … Continue reading Liptauer – where have you been all my life?
I confess, I’ve got a new addiction, Kaikoura Cheese Factory’s Tenara ash coated goat cheese. Its wrinkled black outer, and fudgie white inner has pulled me from my cheesey silence, because my friends, you need to know about this cheese. … Continue reading Tenara goat cheese – my new addiction
