Continuing my crusade to reclaim cheese from the grips of rotten grapes, I had a late breakfast of Gouden Carolus with two radically different cheeses.
The first cheese was a Camembert. If you have never had any, this is a soft, creamy French cheese with a chalky rind, and is very similar to Brie. I usually [...]
It being Labor Day, and traditionally a cook-out kind of day, I decided to combine an old classic, a new twist, and something fantastic.
Burgers – who doesn’t like them? Brie – a cheese I have only recently discovered a liking for. And beer – the classic combo.
I went with the Indian Brown Ale from [...]
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I had the privilege of presenting a high gravity only beer dinner at the J Clyde on Saturday. I call it a privilege, but really it was a dirty job… but I did it, because I am That Kind Of Guy. No, no praise necessary. I Took One For The Team.
Grilled Gulf Shrimp served on [...]
I’ve figured out a great way to turn leftover pork loin into something delicious: quesadillas. Normally I BBQ a good-sized pork loin out on the charcoal grill for a few hours (with a good spice rub on it). But yesterday I was trying simplify and speed up the process, so I roasted it in the [...]
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Cheese and barleywine
This is part two of a linked two part article looking at pairing barleywine and cheese. The first part looked at it from the barleywine perspective, this part looks at the cheese perspective.
Borough Market Quicke’s Cheddar
A full, rich traditional Cheddar aged for a minimum of 18 months bound in linen and covered in [...]
Barleywine and Cheese
This is part one of a linked two part article looking at pairing barleywine and cheese. The second part will look at the flip side, pairing cheese with barleywine.
Mikkeller Big/Worse
A Danish barleywine.
Flavour is sweet and fruity, making this a very easy to drink beer. It does not play very well with the cheese [...]
Each year for Valentine’s Day my wife and I forgo the typical high-priced prix fixe menus and predictably poor service that accompanies dining out on Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, and Mother’s Day. Instead, we indulge ourselves in a gourmet meal, which I prepare, followed by dessert, which my wife prepares.
This year, we settled on filet mignon, [...]
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Frozen microwaved pizza. But really heavy on the garlic, which can make anything good.
I really had no basis for choosing this pairing. It was just a case of “I wonder how this will taste,” which is something I do quite a bit of.
Beamish is the same style as Guinness, but a bit more flavorful. But [...]
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Started out accidental. I was sipping on a coffee oatmeal stout homebrew when the pizza man cometh. Life’s crazy right now, so not much cooking. We went with an old favorite, chicken, feta, sundried tomato, and garlic from Yankee Pizzeria.
My first instinct was to polish off the stout before digging into dinner. “Coffee stout won’t [...]
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Not sure if this officially qualifies as pizza. It has no sauce. You cover the crust with provolone, then add slices of pear, then sprinkle some crumbled gorgonzola, and finally add some nuts. Supposed to be walnuts, but all we had was pecans, and that worked well, too.
If you’ve ever had gorgonzola, you know [...]