Cheese!!!

While in Seattle last month, we had the pleasure of tasting many wonderful cheeses. The International cheese plate at Ventana (above) certainly did not disappoint, and neither did the bison burger, but the winner that evening was the black truffle fries. They lured even this french fry snubbing food snob into finger-licking delight.

   One day for lunch we gathered a few scraps of loverly cheeses at a well-stocked deli and had the pleasure of meeting a white truffle cheese that made my hair curl in delight. 

No Woman Cheese, a Jamaican jerk-spiced cheese, is handmade locally by Beechers, and also became a favorite:

The loser at our lunch cheese-tasting (paired with Rainier cherries and crackers), was this creamy little non-delight. The terra cotta ramekin did last, but the cheese quickly found its way to the garbage can. 


Since returning home, I discovered my new favorite: a loverly English white Stilton with Lemon. I saved a morsel or two for the Cheese Connoisseur, who readily agreed. Sorry, we ate it too quickly, so no pic!