Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Cheese Board: Haystack Mountain Oatmeal Stout and Applewood Smoked Chevre

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Haystack Mountain Breckenridge Brewery Oatmeal Stout (goat, Colorado)

L and I visited the Boulder (CO) Farmers Market and stopped by the Haystack Mountain booth. Pictures and some details after the break.

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Cheese Board: MouCo Ashley

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MouCo Ashley (Pasteurized cow, Colorado)

On our visit to the Boulder Farmers Market, we sampled the MouCo cheeses and brought home this Ashley. The ash rind is quite good and can be eaten with or without the soft, creamy middle. It does not have an incredibly strong flavor, but it is still enjoyable with a smooth mouth texture and a good balance of salt and flavor. It looks like a goat cheese, but tastes and feels more like a cow cheese.

MouCo says:

At 7-8 weeks, the cheese is fully ripe, soft and gooey, a definitive line shows off the soft edible rind.  A murmur of sweetness balances the complex cheese.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Michael Pollan: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

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After reading “The World According To Monsanto” and “Bet The Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food” in the space of Big (Processed) Food, I moved on to a classic:: Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Documentary: A Place At The Table

Continuing my quest to learn more about “Big Food”; sugar, salt, fat; and hunger, I recently watched “A Place At The Table”, a documentary about hunger in the US.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013