I will be joining over 70 other Bay Area chefs at the 24th Annual Star Chefs and Vintners Gala, benefiting Meals On Wheels of San Francisco, on Sunday, May 15th at Fort Mason in San Francisco! I hope you will consider joining me. For additional information – or to purchase tickets – please click the link. http://www.mowsf.org/gala/
Chef Jan Birnbaum
First shot. Without much fanfare. No cheesy intro. OK, maybe cheesy. I’m gonna talk about cheese.
We made ricotta today. Fun! You should hear Kevin’s story about eating warm ricotta in Corleone, Sicily. It involes sleeping in the dirt, goats and a very unsanitary spoon. ‘Nuf said!
In other cheese news we made a change to the cheese board today. I am giving the Cali. cheese a rest and taking the whole lot across the pond to Europe. Gorgonzola dolce, Brillat-Savarin, Manchego, Epoisse, and Compte. All delicious!
The cheese program is kind of my pet project right now. I have been developing a system to provide great, tempered, and properly aged cheese without wasting a bunch. It seems to be working. I am going to work on writing up my protocol and share it here. Maybe, just maybe, someone will find it interesting or usefull.
-Ben
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