Hey CoSo,
any guesses on the historical connection between cheese and hardcover #books?
How about books and underwear?
@artemis *hyperventilates* i'm in another industry now but it never leaves you and i miss... omg do i spot a fellow (former or current) cheesemonger?!
@luxsit
well, life is better with cheese and wine :-)
@artemis omg *gasps* so rare to find another out in the wild.
I know you know your charcuterie too then, you must.
Broke a personal rule and had some iberico de bellota recently😍
i used to order from d'artganan back in my senior position, that caught my eye hah
lolol, that's really funy...
Hah, can't top that Iberico.
What's the wine to go w/it?
@artemis without looking*
I was sort of mentored? A suburb right outside of DC off the metro, the owner started it before cheese became more of a thing in the US. My boss hailed from Murray's in NYC but there were about 5 cheesemongers and we were just flung into it. We had to past routine tests on cheese/wine/charcutier but it was a lot and felt excessive for a local store but they've done well, mentioned on some national lists. But there's only so far you could go with that place. I diverted
@artemis It's not me, but I modeled mine after hers:
https://thefeedfeed.com/cheesemongrrl
I was very fortunate. One of those rare experiences where it was an industry not yet appreciated here, I was put in charge of a lot of things bc it was all so new;even the owner was lost. A rare, tiny sliver of a window where you can get away with that sort of thing
The industry got more popular in the area and the owner expanded, it isn't the same.
crisped speck+ langres chalancey (ripened) + effie's (cocoa)
I promise
there's poetry in what you say .. about the tiny sliver of a window in a complicated yet charming world. Oh, that's fancy menu :-) You could write a book, then a screenplay, then a movie :-)
Very pretty plates ! Tx for sharing! Now you inspire me. It's fun to create beauty that tastes good :--)
@artemis hahahaha no, beer chick anyways 😜 @killagator
@killagator good for lots of bloomies, blues and freshes, tryin so hard not go to cheese out here lol. there are others more appropriate for semi-firm+ but i would always have that on hand fosho @artemis
@artemis Google "cheese lyres," you get some beautiful cuts out of those puppies