I have a deep love for cheese. Actually, it borders on an addiction, but (so far) I am able to live my life normally.
Does flying to Argentina for cheese count as normal?
A couple of years ago Barnaby I went to Argentina to visit friends. Really, it was to visit friends, the cheese (and wine, meat, [...]

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After a long hard move  from San Francisco to Seattle, nothing soothed the soul more than a fine bottle of champagne and some good aged goat’s milk cheese.  Our dear friend provided the champagne and we plated the cheese. Now, I use the term “plate” loosely since the only thing I could find that resembled [...]

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After graduating from high school I went to Madrid, Spain. I’d studied Spanish for 4 years and spent a summer living with a family in Mexico. When I arrived to attend the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, I had a great language base, but was totally unprepared for a whole new food world that greeted me. [...]

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When I was a child we’d often visit my maternal grandparents in Sonoma, California. One of my favorite things to do, when I wasn’t roaming the back forty on one of my grandpa’s horses, was to go down to Vella Cheese Company and get a bag of fresh cheese curd. If memory serves correctly they [...]

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The other night, on our way to dinner in the Sunset District of San Francisco, we stumbled upon a wonderful little Russian market. Being from Manhattan, where smoked fish abounds, Barnaby was immediately drawn to the shiny fish-filled glass encasement. He had the same look on his face that I get when I walk into [...]

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The other day Barnaby and I decided to check out the new Persian restaurant down the road. Unfortunately, it had been years since I last had Persian food. But that is going to change! Why had I waited so long? It’s so Puurrrrsia-licious! Wonderfully fragrant cinnamon, saffron, sumac and mint are just a few [...]

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In 1973, at the age of 5, my family moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sunriver, a little resort town in Central Oregon just south of Bend. Sunriver is nestled at the feet of the beautiful Cascade mountains and hugged by both the Big and Little Deschutes rivers. My parents, who had visited [...]

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Today is my fortieth birthday. Because I love to cook and eat, it got me to thinking about how much eating I’ve done so far in this life…and to do a bit of math.

If you assume that I’ve eaten 3 meals a day, which given my habits is fairly reasonable, then the following is [...]

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I just visited Artisanalcheese.com and read about the various New York City wine and cheese events that are happening this December and January. Everything from Cheese and Wine 101 to Sake and Artisinal Cheese Pairings. Who’da thunk sake and cheese!? Love it! This inspired me. With family coming to town for the holidays [...]

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