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feeling ewephoric

Posted in cheese on November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I have someone special I want you to meet. Let me start by saying that I love cheese. I want cheese to be my boyfriend. I want to talk to it about its hopes and dreams. I want to be its #1 confidante when it has one of those days and starts questioning what it’s [...]

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the best kind of leftovers

Posted in Bistro Daisy, cheese, New Orleans, pasta, prosciutto, tomato on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love having leftover pasta to take home after a meal at a really great restaurant. Almost infallibly, it saves and reheats impeccably well (even if it’s not quite as lovely on the plate as it was at the restaurant, hot from the kitchen). After a dinner at Bistro Daisy, a solitary ravioli (would that [...]

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paris trip, day 5: dreams manifesting at rose bakery

Posted in basil, cabbage, cheese, egg, Paris, pepper, quiche, Rose Bakery, tomato on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Months before the plans for the Paris trip were unveiled, Jenna and I would devote copious amounts of time fantasizing about our future travels to France. I’d translate, she’d accompany me, and together, we’d eat our way through all of Paris. Huddled around our pretty copy of Breakfast – Lunch – Tea, the cookbook from [...]

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paris trip, day 4: a veritable cheese spectacle

Posted in cheese, dinner, Paris, snack on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A much anticipated trip to Fromagerie 31, after a full 24 hours of breathless waiting, brought this bounty… [Note: We still had a LOT of Roquefort from the day before, hence the gaping absence of any stinky blue on this plate.] …all that AND some salted artisan butter. And this is only the half of [...]

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paris trip, day 4: sidewalk food

Posted in cheap, cheese, egg, ham, Paris on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

And oh, what good sidewalk food it is when you’re eating it in Paris! A pocket of paper-thin buckwheat galette (the savory answer to the famous French crêpe) couldn’t possibly contain this golden-brown fringe of melted cheese, which was more than fine with me, as the lacy layer of shredded Swiss cheese made good nibbles [...]

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