We’ve used these flavors before in our Jarlsberg grilled cheese with shitake and arugula and they worked so well we reuse them quite often. This time we decided to make an omelet using Jarlsberg, arugula and baby bella mushrooms. This omelet is a perfect choice for Easter morning and it is what we will […]
Cheese
Crucolo & Fromage Brie d’Affinois Truffle…Two Great Finds for your Cheese Board
Every now and then we stumble upon great cheese. Last weekend was no exception. We had stopped off to buy some beer and came across two cheeses we had not tried before. This Fromage Brie d’Affinois Truffle cost us about $18 a pound. The truffle was not overly pungent as it often can be and […]
Jarlsberg, Shiitake and Arugula on Toast
Sometimes there is nothing better than a grilled cheese sandwich. We love them plain but sometimes it is fun to dress them up a bit. We decided to use Jarlsberg cheese, Shiitake mushrooms and sautéed arugula. At the market we found a great loaf of rosemary bread which we knew would be great for […]
Blue Cheese Sausage with Creamy Blue Cheese Elbow Macaroni
For the English it is very difficult to find a good British sausage in America…so at our house we make our own. A quick trip to Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe in nearby West Springfield, Massachusetts provided us with pork and casings. Pork shoulder or Butt as it is known here has about the […]
Goats Cheese & Pumpkin Seeds with Drizzled Honey
If you read the last blog you will note…we love cheese on toast. This time it was for breakfast. There is something fabulous about sitting on a screened porch overlooking the Berkshire Hills eating local products for breakfast. We realize the fleeting aspect of this luxury. A treat which is bound to change, somewhat, […]
Welsh Rarebit
We made another stop to our favorite cheese shop, Rubiner’s, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and picked up another bit of Mrs. Kirkham’s Lancashire cheese especially to make Welsh Rarebit. This is a great snack or quick lunch and is a far cry better than plain melted cheese on toast. More popular in the UK […]
Rawson Brook Farm Monterey Chèvre
One of the best parts about living in Western Massachusetts is the abundance of local foods and wonderful farms. A couple of years ago we accidentally stumbled upon Rawson Brook Farm in Monterey, Massachusetts. We were out for a drive and ended up on a dirt road which, as we recall, was quite dusty, and […]
Pears with Stilton…the Perfect Summer Lunch!
In this house we are getting ready for the Olympics…which as you know is in England this year! We plan to watch the events and eat British food for two weeks straight. To get ourselves ready (and in the true British spirit) we thought we’d make a simple lunch using Stilton cheese. […]