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  • Please Stop Serving Your Cheeses on Wooden Boards

    Please Stop Serving Your Cheeses on Wooden Boards

    I enjoy collecting vintage kitchen stuff, including beautiful teak cheese domes and serving boards. They look nice, especially the domes, but they do not smell nice. Not at all. The best cheese is a cheese with an assertive aroma, but while I enjoy the funk immensely in the moment, I generally do not wish to…


  • You’re Cutting Into Your Baked Brie All Wrong

    You’re Cutting Into Your Baked Brie All Wrong

    Baked brie functions as a sort of cheese balloon; instead of air, the inside is full of gooey, melted cheese (and promise). It’s when that first guess slices into the side of the brie — popping the balloon — that things start to fall apart. Suddenly, it’s a mad dash to catch the liquid cheese…