Welcome to the Internet home of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich. I know you have had a grilled cheese at least once in your life, but did it only consist of white bread and American cheese? I am here to tell you, it does not have to be that way, it can be so much better! Open your eyes, look around and imagine a different world of grilled cheese. If you have had various types/kinds of grilled cheese sandwiches, here are a few more for you to experience.
Recently, I received an email from a visitor who asked a very simple question:
What is your favorite method to cook grilled cheese sandwiches?
I wanted to reply right away but I did not know how to quickly answer the question. There is not an easy way to do so.
Photo Courtesy: rogue llama
April 24, 2010
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
I have neglected the I Love Grilled Cheese series for too long and I apologize. I had wanted to turn I Love Grilled Cheese into a regular feature, but with all of the sandwiches I was creating and the changing of jobs, time just got away from me and the feature slowly died. I have had a reply from Connie from The Pop Shop sitting in my inbox for longer than I would like to admit. I just never made time to update the blog.
Not anymore. I believe the story goes that I was simply looking through either Twitter or my grilled cheese Google Alerts and noticed that there was a store in Collingswood, New Jersey, that serves 30 grilled cheese sandwiches. I knew at that point, I had to ask The Pop Shop a few questions for the blog. After a few emails back and forth, Connie responded with great answers and they are posted below. If you ever happen to be in Collingswood, New Jersey, please make sure to stop by. Tell them GrilledShane sent you!
P.S. Even Bobby Flay headed to The Pop Shop for a grilled cheese Throwdown. Nice. Being on an episode of Throwdown is one of my many dreams. Looks like The Pop Shop beat me to it! Maybe I will, one day, have to challenge The Pop Shop to our own version of a Throwdown!
The other day, on Twitter, I came across the following tweet:
“We’ve got to start teaching our kids about food in schools. Period.” Jamie Oliver’s TED talk: http://bit.ly/9JKz3I
Ever since then, I have been slowly working my way through Jamie Oliver’s speech (above). Sure, the video is only 20+ minutes long, but my “ADD” does kick in here and there. I highly suggest you watch Oliver’s speech as I believe that he is 100% correct in everything that he says. He has inspired me and I am looking into ways that I may assist in achieving his goals.
As I have been writing recently, I am now knee deep into the restaurant industry after leaving my webmaster position. Right now, that simply means me working full-time at the Cafe @ Nordstrom. I am trying to learn as much as I can there as well as gain outside perspectives within the food industry. Last night was my first attempt to truly see a different restaurant from the inside out instead of the outside in.
A week ago Sunday, I decided, last minute, to create a grilled cheese sandwich. With little time and almost no inspiration, I turned to a book called Great Grilled Cheese by Laura Werlin. That is when things changed. That evening, in my opinion, I cooked a great grilled cheese sandwich and took some of the best pictures of my short blogging career.
