It’s time to meet Serra Da Estrela
Today we return to the Never Met a Cheese(/Beer) I Didn’t Like series with a cheese from Portugal. Serra da Estrela came to mind because I am currently reading Gordon Edgar’s book Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge. It’s both informative and a hoot. Plus it is full of thoughtful commentary about 1980s punk rock/anti-Reagan [...]
Third Wed. with Cheese at Map Room
This Wednesday is the third Wednesday of the month which means that Chicago Beer Society members are invited to gather for the monthly social meeting at the Map Room in Chicago. In addition, Cheese and Cheers is proud to partner with the Map Room to present Friendly Neighbors, an informal tasting of five artisan cheeses [...]
Road Trip: Feeling Vermonty
As a sort of consolation prize for having to skip the recent American Cheese Society conference in Seattle, I loaded the kids into the car last week and drove from Chicago to Vermont and back. It was a variation on a trip I’ve been concocting for some time—part research, part reunion, part family vacation. We visited [...]
