The March 2013 edition of Food Network Magazine: the Cheese Issue covers a lot of great topics: grilled cheese, fondue, mac & cheese, and cheese boards.
Author: John Proestakes
Annatto: What you need to know
Most people have no idea why there are two different colored varieties of cheddar at the grocery store. I’ll bet you’re “dyeing” to find out why…
Camembert: cheese in a box
Camembert is a bloomy-rind cow’s milk cheese, which comes from the Normandy region of France. Most people are familiar with this cheese, but oftentimes confuse it with Brie–which is wildly more popular. If you are one of these people that has a hard time telling the difference between Camembert and Brie, read this article on […]
Brie vs Camembert
Brie and Camembert look and taste alike. Here’s how to tell them apart: size, packaging, where they’re from and their protected names.
Baked Camembert: a really easy recipe
To bake Camembert, heat the oven to 350°F (180°C), cut the top of the rind off, season it with garlic and sea salt, score the top, and bake it for 15 to 20 minutes, until it is soft and molten in the middle. Serve it hot with toasted baguette. Probably one of the easiest and […]
A real “cheesy” Valentine’s Day
Most people already associate Valentine’s Day with gourmet gifting; and, probably the most neglected gourmet food on this day is cheese.
Six healthy ways to snack on cheese
I used to not believe in the existence of healthy snacks because “healthy” and “snacks” are complete opposites. Otherwise my mom would let me eat more snacks. Snacking in my family is like committing a crime because the older generation’s understanding of snacks is chips and cookies. Well, they are not completely wrong but there […]
Murcia al Vino: the perfect marriage of wine and cheese
The last cheese in my brief tour of Spanish cheeses, Murcia al Vino, is a pasteurized goat’s milk cheese. It is actually a pretty unique cheese, in that: although it is technically a washed rind cheese, its rind is formed with red wine instead of mold cultures; and, it is made with high quality goat’s […]
Iberico: 3-milk fiesta in your mouth
Iberico (queso Iberico) is a firm Spanish cheese made from a mix of cow’s, goat’s and sheep’s milk and typically aged six to twelve months. It’s smooth from the cow’s milk, tangy from the goat’s and savory from the sheep’s, and it melts well, so it works on a cheese board and in cooking. It’s […]
Hiding in the esparto grass, it’s Manchego
This is very exciting, we are about to go on a tour of Spanish cheeses. I managed to get ahold of some Manchego, Iberico and some Murcia al Vino. Today, I am going to talk about one of Spain’s most popular cheeses, a hard sheep’s milk cheese called Manchego.