Let me start off by saying that if you haven’t read the first installment of I Love Grilled Cheese, I would definitely recommend you read it now!

One of the first times I googled “grilled cheese,” I noticed a result for a restaurant specializing in grilled cheese sandwiches: CHEDD’S gourmet grilled cheese. Since CHEDD’S is currently only in Colorado, I of course have never visited, but since they only serve grilled cheese sandwiches, I was intrigued. Once I decided that I was going to create the I Love Grilled Cheese column, I emailed their general email address expecting no one to answer. I was wrong. 100% wrong. Sure, there was a delay since Mr. Jamie Jalazo was traveling, but he responded and said that he was more than willing to answer my questions, which I have included below, in his own words. Read the rest of this entry »

Soon after I started cooking grilled cheese sandwiches and blogging about them, I began emailing a few different people who are involved in the restaurant business and have a special tie to grilled cheese. I was interested in hearing why they are so interested in grilled cheese sandwiches and how it fits into a restaurant when not being featured on a children’s menu.

The first restaurant I contacted has a new grilled cheese sandwich each and everyday. The owner seemed very interested in answering my questions. However, I believe but cannot confirm, that once he realized I had never visited the restaurant he began to ignore me and my questions. I eventually gave up and decided that although I was intrigued by his restaurant, I would never visit it.

The second restaurant I contacted was much more responsive and Mr. Matt Fish of Melt Bar and Grilled answered my questions. With just a couple nudges, he took time out of his very busy schedule to answer my questions in full. Unfortunately I have not been to his restaurant in a couple of years, but because he was so nice and forthcoming, I will do my best to make it back as quickly as I can. Plus, it is a grilled cheese restaurant, why wouldn’t I want to return? (The one time I dined at Melt, I ordered the Parmageddon, which Matt names as one of the most popular sandwiches. I can definitely see why, considering I am still talking about it two years later. I would highly recommend it.) Read the rest of this entry »

The other day PaniniKathy tweeted about an article on the Food Blog Alliance entitled Comments: how to give as good as you get. It is a great article for blogger and commenter alike. I highly recommend taking two minutes to read it. After reading that article, I thought I would sit down and lay out my thoughts about blog comments.

I haven’t been at the food blogging thing for that long but I have come to one conclusion: I like when bloggers reply to my comment(s) (see: The Daily Spud). It matters to me and I do return to see if the author has acknowledged my reply. I have personally tried to respond to most everyone’s comment on this site even if I do not know if I should be responding. I am not sure if it is too over the top and actually makes my replies disingenuous. It is a conundrum that I hope to decipher.

Most of the replies on this site have been well thought out responses, not one word/one sentence replies. Readers have taken the time to formulate their thoughts so I feel like I owe them a few seconds of my time, just so that they know I have read their comment, by writing a response. If I don’t reply, I worry that people may think that I am ignoring them, which of course I am not.

Therefore, I have decided to write this article and to tell everyone that no matter if I reply or not, I have read your comment and really appreciate them. You took the time to respond to something that I wrote and that is awesome! Thank you. If you have asked a question or prompted me to reply I will definitely do so. However, if I do not really have anything to add, I will not reply, but I am not ignoring you.I just don’t want to bore everyone.

I still believe that my response rate will be up near 95% since I am a nice guy and just like writing long responses to short questions. Please continue to visit and leave comments. I will continue to smile each time I receive one. Thanks!

Not only has AOL delivered on great grilled cheese recipes, but now, so has MSN. Shock, I know. A friend of mine saw this on MSN’s homepage and forwarded it to me and I am very grateful for it. It seems as though a grilled cheese sandwich is a great meal for a vegetarian or someone who keeps Kosher, as most of MSN’s recipes are in fact meatless. Yum! Let’s get dissecting my favorites. Please check out the rest and let me know what you think! Read the rest of this entry »

Not until I recieved an email from Kathi @ panini happy (and a comment from the Daily Spud) did I know that April is National Grilled Cheese Month. How is that possible? How did the grilled cheese man not know that April is Grilled Cheese Month?! Readers, you have failed me by not cluing me into this fact. I have even disappointed myself since I am trying to blog about all things grilled cheese. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Read the rest of this entry »

Because today was a travel day, I was just returning from Chicago, there was no Sunday Dinners. Next week I will return with a special Passover edition, which should be interesting. Even though I wasn’t cooking tonight, I still want to keep everyone posted as to the progress of this site. Plus, I haven’t written since last Sunday evening. That is too long. After awhile, the Internet begins to miss me and my grilled cheese musings! We wouldn’t want that happening. Read the rest of this entry »