My Dad has a soft spot for mills (as in flour mills). My family used to visit them everywhere, on almost every summer vacation, and we would always leave with bags of freshly stone-ground flour, cornmeal and buckwheat. They would sit in the refrigerator for indeterminate lengths of time, dripped on and squeezed to the […]
Entries from July 2008
Buckwheat Waffles
July 18th, 2008 · 60 Comments
Tags: breakfast · fruit · quick fix
Cheese Log #3: Chabichou du Poitou
July 13th, 2008 · 45 Comments
Chabichou du Poitou ($16 each at Artisanal Cheese)
Origin: France—This old French cheese is produced in a narrow geographic region in the chalky soils of Poitou between Paris and Bordeaux. The name is protected, guaranteeing authenticity of origin. (From www.ArtisanalCheese.com.)
Type: Semisoft
Taste: “Sweet, slightly minerally, and clean”
Season: Avoid December through May – winter is not […]
Tags: cheese log · french