Month: September 2009

Cheese Tasting: Parrano, Roomkaas, Mahon & Tomme de Savoie

Cheese Tasting: Parrano, Roomkaas, Mahon & Tomme de Savoie

I really am not sure why it has taken me two weeks to write this entry, but it has and I apologize. Thankfully I took notes on each cheese so I would not forget. In my original taste testing episode, I simply stopped at the 

Why do you blog [about food]?

Why do you blog [about food]?

Recently, as I have been reading more and more food blogs, I began to wonder why each person has started their individual [food] blog. I want to know what makes you create recipes, cook, photograph and then blog about the final dish? Is it as 

Everything Bagel & Mushroom Grilled Cheese

Everything Bagel & Mushroom Grilled Cheese

I created this grilled cheese over a week ago, but have been busy traveling to NY for business and then trying to recover. Only now have I had a second to sit down and write down so please enjoy. Prior to starting though, I must say, I need to mention grilled cheese sandwich a lot more in my blog titles and in the content. (Honestly, my blog titles need to be a lot more creative and engaging but that is a whole different story.) I want people to find me via Google, right? Right. Therefore, if I don’t mention grilled cheese sandwich that often, how will Google, or Mr. Cook looking for an awesome grilled cheese sandwich located within this blog’s pages? They won’t. So I will now be mentioning grilled cheese sandwich a bit more. Please let me know if I over do it. I have a tendency to do that. Now onto the sandwich, featuring an everything bagel and shiitake mushrooms. Please keep in mind, I ate this grilled cheese over a week ago so my words may be few and far between. Continue reading Everything Bagel & Mushroom Grilled Cheese

Cheese Tasting: Inaugural Edition

Cheese Tasting: Inaugural Edition

In my quest to learn everything there is to know about cheese, Saturday evening, I traveled to Whole Foods’ cheese department. There, located in a little basket, are remnants of random cheeses ranging in price from very inexpensive to somewhat inexpensive. Because of this basket,