Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Assorted cheese musings

I realise it's over a month now since I blogged about cheese - mainly to do with other distractions (books being published, other books being written, student cooking campaigns being launched - gosh, even taking a couple of weeks holiday) but truth to tell there haven't been many earth-shattering cheese experiences. I was going to go to Slow Cheese in Bra but for various complicated reasons didn't make it. I'm hoping to go to the British Cheese Festival in Cardiff this weekend. However here's one or two things that might catch your fancy.


A lovely summery way of serving goats' cheese I came across at a restaurant called La Falaise in Cahuzac. You can read about it here


A simple but perfect cheese plate we were served at a great natural wine bar in Besançon called Les ZinZins du Vin (a local goats' cheese, Tomme de Savoie and sourdough - perfect with a Côtes du Jura called Le Zura, made by the bar owner, Fabrice

Some interesting cheese and wine pairings at an event at La Fromagerie hosted by the American cheese magazine Culture about which I'll be writing more . . . (too dark for photos of that)

Some great buffalo mozzarella from Laverstoke Park I tasted at the Organic Food Festival at the Trethowan's Dairy stand

And - Trethowan's Dairy again - an ultimate toastie at the Abergavenny Food Festival taken by my fellow blogger Scandilicious


Maybe it wasn't such a bad month for cheese after all . . .

4 comments:

Nigel Legg said...

The Trethowan's Dairy Cheese Toastie is fantastic.

Signe said...

Oh Abergavenny, how I want to return! That was a blissful half hour in the sun scoffing Trethowan's Dairy Cheese Toastie. I agree Nigel, it's fantastic. And curiously enough didn't leave me feeling full, just pleasantly sated. Wishing I'd gone for a second one ;)

Sounds like you haven't done too badly on the cheese front Fiona...

Fiona Beckett said...

I was experimenting yesterday with my pan fried toastie which is admittedly rather less healthy. I spread butter on the outer sides of the bread then trickled a little olive oil in the pan and flipped the toastie over a couple of times. Not in the TD league but pretty good . . .

Cheddar Cheese said...

i need to research about the Cheese festival you mentioned in your post, it would be quite amazing i guess