Serving a Cheese Course

There are many small decisions to be made when serving a cheese course; making the right choices adds immeasurably to your cheese enjoyment. It can be as simple or elaborate as you wish. One great cheese, all by its lonesome, can be a cheese course. Or, you can bring together multiple cheeses; some people find that three is the limit if they wish to focus on the cheeses, others are happy to taste five or more.

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One Wonderful Day in South Africa

I’ve never been to South Africa before. So when I arrived 36 hours ago, I was flooded with impressions; neither the airport at Johannesburg nor the airport at Cape Town, my final destination, are Nowhere Central; this is a place that resoundingly feels like Somewhere.

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Coming Up This Week on dRosengarten.com

9/24/12 – 9/30/12

Here I am…at the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa! I am preparing, as you read this, my first eyes-wide-open glimpse of miraculous South Africa…I LOVE this place!

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My Five: Greatest Everyday Uses For Mayonnaise

Ok…don’t look for anything creative here! But the big message is: I LOVE having mayo in my everyday life…it opens the door to so many of my staple yummies!

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New Video: Just Laarb One Over the Plate

One of my favorite dishes in the whole Thai canon is one of the simplest: a chopped meat salad with various Thai seasonings. This video from DRTV should result in a laarb first course at your house by next weekend.

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