TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Flag For July 4th

Cheese flag photo courtesy Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co.   You can fly the flag on July 4th, and you can eat it too. This tasty flag was created by Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co., an award-winning creamery in Woodstock, Vermont. The creamery specializes in Cheddar, Edam, Tilsit and WindsorDale (based on a 1800 farmhouse Wensleydale recipe).…
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RECIPE: Tomato & Watermelon Salad With Ricotta Salata

Tomato and watermelon salad: delicious! (photo © McCormick). [2] Ricotta salata, a good “salad cheese.” There’s more about ricotta salata below(photo © Good Eggs).   It‘s not red, white and blue, but we can’t wait to serve this salad over July 4th weekend. It’s a riot of different flavors, accented with ricotta salata, a firm…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Fresh Goat Cheese

Fresh goat cheese is one of our favorite foods. We’re always looking for new ways to use it. Since it spreads and melts easily, that’s not hard to do. It’s called chèvre (SHEV) in French, which is the word for both the goat and its cheese. Bagels and sandwiches. Use goat cheese instead of cream…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Your Signature Steak & Eggs For Father’s Day

Treat dad to homemade steak and eggs for Father’s Day. While most often a breakfast choice, the combination is equally appealing at lunch and dinner. Get creative with your preparation. Although a conventional recipe combines sirloin steak with fried eggs, select from the variety of steak cuts and egg styles to create a signature dish—and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Celery Salad

Celery doesn’t get a lot of respect. In most recipes, it’s an also-ran. But great American cheese maker Paula Lambert shows how it can be a main ingredient, in her Shaved Fennel and Celery Heart Salad. You can eat this salad as an appetizer or side, as a base for a poached chicken breast or…
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