http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/ A world of food stories, culinary memories, and ingredients queerly political. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:45:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-608 Recipes for Trouble » Blog Archive » Easy as (Tomato) Pie Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:53:24 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-608 [...] Tuesday, at Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market (my current fav among farmer’s markets and not only because of the cheese), I bought some fabulous organic tomatoes for 50 cents a pound. They were pockmarked and misshapen, [...] [...] Tuesday, at Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market (my current fav among farmer’s markets and not only because of the cheese), I bought some fabulous organic tomatoes for 50 cents a pound. They were pockmarked and misshapen, [...]

]]> http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-602 Ruth Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:30:38 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-602 A friend emailed me about this. Thank you so much. You made me cry. A friend emailed me about this.
Thank you so much. You made me cry.

]]> http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-572 Taste T.O. - Food & Drink In Toronto » Blog Archive » Blog-A-Log - Sunday, July 1st Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:59:24 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-572 [...] visits the Trinity Bellwoods Farmer’s Market and discusses her love for cheese, beautiful cheese at Recipes for [...] [...] visits the Trinity Bellwoods Farmer’s Market and discusses her love for cheese, beautiful cheese at Recipes for [...]

]]> http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-568 Marusya Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:57:48 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-568 Biliana, I love this story. I love your pedagogical approach to cheese, and your 'pushing of the cheese envelope'! Benny is indeed ahard cheese act to follow! Biliana,
I love this story. I love your pedagogical approach to cheese, and your ‘pushing of the cheese envelope’! Benny is indeed ahard cheese act to follow!

]]> http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-567 Biliana Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:43:28 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/06/cheese-beautiful-cheese/#comment-567 Oh, too many cheese stories to fit in here. When I was curating for a small community gallery in North Vancouver, one of my favourite things to do was do my rounds before an opening to do the grocery shopping. North Vancouver still has the feel of a small town, where the butcher knows your preferred cut, the florist still asks me if I am single and that I don't need to wait for someone to buy me flowers. And there is Benny at the Cheese Shop. It is the most unassuming place (they always are) behind Capilano Mall, a simple wooden sign and big enough for two at the most three people to fit inside. There is no decoration, no fancy crackers or cute signs for the cheeses. Benny is from Denmark and very proud of it. He knows everything there is to know about cheese and he hates simple questions. It is very frightening at first when you go there, you feel like you have to brush up on your livarot knowledge. But once he warms up to you, there is no end in his cheese paradise. Give him the wine list, he'll match it perfectly, give him the occasion, your mood, the setting- and he will give you the best cheese to go with it. I call him my cheese philosopher. I remember getting a certain unpasturised Camembert that was so potent, we had to leave the gallery doors open during the opening. Benny and I always tried to push the cheese envelope. I hardly ever go there, I don't work at the gallery anymore, and I miss the unassuming interiour of his shop when I visit the fancy specialty chesse shops that are popping up here. PS. I just have to fit this one too. My grandmother succefully was able to smuggle up Bulgarian unpasturaised goat feta over two borders last year. She played the "I don't speak English, I am really old and I need my cheese" card. The border guards finally gave up and let her go. Oh, too many cheese stories to fit in here. When I was curating for a small community gallery in North Vancouver, one of my favourite things to do was do my rounds before an opening to do the grocery shopping. North Vancouver still has the feel of a small town, where the butcher knows your preferred cut, the florist still asks me if I am single and that I don’t need to wait for someone to buy me flowers. And there is Benny at the Cheese Shop. It is the most unassuming place (they always are) behind Capilano Mall, a simple wooden sign and big enough for two at the most three people to fit inside. There is no decoration, no fancy crackers or cute signs for the cheeses. Benny is from Denmark and very proud of it. He knows everything there is to know about cheese and he hates simple questions. It is very frightening at first when you go there, you feel like you have to brush up on your livarot knowledge. But once he warms up to you, there is no end in his cheese paradise. Give him the wine list, he’ll match it perfectly, give him the occasion, your mood, the setting- and he will give you the best cheese to go with it. I call him my cheese philosopher. I remember getting a certain unpasturised Camembert that was so potent, we had to leave the gallery doors open during the opening. Benny and I always tried to push the cheese envelope. I hardly ever go there, I don’t work at the gallery anymore, and I miss the unassuming interiour of his shop when I visit the fancy specialty chesse shops that are popping up here.
PS. I just have to fit this one too. My grandmother succefully was able to smuggle up Bulgarian unpasturaised goat feta over two borders last year. She played the “I don’t speak English, I am really old and I need my cheese” card. The border guards finally gave up and let her go.

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