Most folks think of wine and cheese as a natural pair - no way! Beer and cheese on the other hand are made for each other.
I’d always believed this to be fact myself, but then, I’m biased. I’ve also heard wine lovers say about the only thing cheese does for wine is mute the tannins [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Wine and Cheese - no way!
June 26, 2007Throwin’ back a Curveball
June 19, 2007Readers in the Twin Cities will remember Sunday as the tail-end of a string of 90+ degree days. That’s not something we see often or particularly care for in the state that’s home to the “nation’s ice box.” It’s particularly unappealing in June! This Sunday, I found myself on a front lawn in the northern [...]
Linked, Disinfected and on to Savoring
June 6, 2007This past Sunday, two partners-in-crime and I had agreed to make and dry-cure some salami. Ms. BeerGeek (a vegatarian) wasn’t too excited about sausage making happening in our kitchen. Circumstances necessitated it, however, so she agreed, with the caveat that we disinfect the kitchen when we were done. So, when we had our sausages linked, [...]
Fuller’s London Pride on a Patio (almost)
June 4, 2007Memorial Day weekend found Ms. BeerGeek and I working with friends and relatives (thankfully) to install a patio in our backyard. Saturday, at the conclusion of 10 hours of work, we met for my mother-in-law’s birthday. Since our own patio was as yet unfinished, we searched the city of St. Paul for patio [...]
