Sunday, instead of creating a new Sunday grilled cheese sandwich (sorry), I traveled to where the wonderful ingredient known as Goat Cheese is made: Mackenzie Creamery. Recently, I have noticed Mackenzie Creamery Goat Cheese located within Mustard Seed Market and was intrigued. It definitely looked amazing but was somewhat pricey so unfortunately, I never purchased any. Then, I noticed in Cleveland Magazine that Mackenzie won in the category of 2009 Best of Cleveland: Food. That is when I knew I had to visit the creamery and actually try this cheese. How can I not support a local business, especially one that makes cheese?! Read the rest of this entry »

In my quest to learn everything there is to know about cheese, Saturday evening, I traveled to Whole Foods’ cheese department. There, located in a little basket, are remnants of random cheeses ranging in price from very inexpensive to somewhat inexpensive. Because of this basket, one can try various cheeses without truly breaking the bank. As you will come to find out, I am not too fond of this particular Manchego cheese, but luckily I only spent $1.70 on it, and not upwards of $10.00 for a normal sized chunk. I would recommend that you find a Whole Foods, or check your local market, and try as many cheese remnants as you can. I plan to do this as much as I can in the future.

Unless otherwise noted, a lot of the information included in this and future cheese tasting write-ups is taken straight from Cheese Tasting by Laura Werlin. So far, it has turned out to be a great read.

Now let’s get started on the cheeses… Read the rest of this entry »

Before I update everyone on tonight’s Sunday Dinner, I must play catch-up one more time and write about the yummy grilled cheese I cooked on January 18, 2009. So far, it was probably the best sandwich I have created for Sunday Dinners. Read the rest of this entry »