When your husband works endless hours and every single holiday and you are living in a city/town where you have zero family and zero friends you have to dig deep to make things special for the kids. I’m hoping that the traditions we establish will have the ability to make our kids feel more grounded […]
Cheese
Plum Preserves with Goat Cheese Cream
We have a lot of cookbooks. Some are from well known chefs and others are little books we take chances on when we see them at estate sales or library book sales (our favorites). At this new house we’ve opted not to have cable television which is a HUGE adjustment for one of us…(me). […]
Stilton Grilled Cheese with Port Reduction
This past spring when we were in England we stopped off in Stilton on our way from Heathrow to Yorkshire. While we did not buy any cheese while we were there, we were interested to see the Bell Inn where the history of Stilton cheese runs deep. It is said to have been the first […]
Blue Cheese & Red Onion Bites with Grapefruit Marmalade Drizzle
Due to the remarkably British man that lives here, the Fourth of July is sort of only half embraced in our household. But even he can’t resist a good reason to have fun and celebrate with food. This is our version of a play on the red, white and blue for a Fourth of July […]
Berkshire Blue a Review
With summer here we are feeling very lucky to have so many great local products right in our area. This summer we hope to feature a few of them here at Charlotte Julienne so that everyone reading can discover how incredible food from the Berkshires really is. One of our favorites is Berkshire Blue. This […]
Von Trapp Oma Cheese with Potlicker Pale Ale Jelly
We have recently introduced our two young children to the classic film The Sound of Music. It might have been a little too early, but they do love the songs. Since the new year our youngest has not been sleeping. We are up every night for a few hours and it is killing me. Some […]
Provisions…Northampton, Massachusetts
Today we had the absolute pleasure of visiting Provisions in Northampton, Massachusetts. What a fabulous store. Really. We were in heaven. Offering a variety of beautiful packaged food products, Provisions also has a gorgeous cheese and meat counter with a very knowledgeable cheesemonger who was more than glad to talk about the cheeses and offer […]
Roasted Pumpkin & Goat Cheese Spread with Spanish Marcona Almonds
It was the night before Thanksgiving and I found myself all alone – kids asleep and designated snack maker at work….so I cozied up on our (new and finally comfortable) couch about to take part in my traditional viewing of Trains, Planes & Automobiles when I thought it would be great to have a little […]