All Things Cheese

Calling all Cheeseheads! This Summer, grab your family and start enjoying the flavours that we all have been yearning for. Those sweet crisp flavours are beautifully accentuated with cheeses. Experience creamy to crumbly and everything in between. And WHEW it’s been hot out there! Add the humidity into the mix and it doesn’t make you want to be in the kitchen! Let’s have an easy meal with cheese that can be tossed on the BBQ and paired with a cold drink and call it dinner. I’ve chosen a few of my favourite summer cheeses to get you through the next...

Aside from the food, picnics are a simple pleasure in life that provides you a sense of adventure and real connection to others, which we all long for and could use more of in our lives. The portrait of a perfect picnic is why more people aren’t leaving their house with a cooler or basket full. We put unnecessary pressure on ourselves to make it ‘just right’ or think that it takes too much effort. It doesn’t have to.    Sometimes picnics can be ‘flops’ and occasionally ants & wasps can get in the way of the outdoor festivities, but...

Elote or Mexican street corn is grilled corn on the cob lathered in creamy, cheesy goodness that is so irresistible! It's the perfect dish to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. Pop into the store to pick up your Cotija today and get grilling! Ingredients 6-8 Ears of Corn, husked Mexican Crema Cotija Cheese Chili Powder or Smoked Paprika 2 Limes Fresh Cilantro, chopped InstructionsHeat a grill to medium-high heat and add the corn. (There is no need to add salt as the cotija cheese is salty.)Grill on each side for a few minutes until some of the kernels begin to look darker, and a little charred.Remove from the grill and...

Cheese is a love that everyone can understand, whether it be Top Chefs or foodies to your family and friends, cheese is something we all love and can bond over. There has been a long appreciation of cheese since the beginning of time. According to an ancient legend, it was made accidentally by an Arabian merchant who put his supply of milk into a pouch made from a sheep's stomach, as he set out on a day's journey across the desert. The rennet in the lining of the pouch, combined with the heat of the sun, caused the milk to...

  Here is a fantastic recipe to use up some leftover risotto - by pairing it with a gorgeous melting Taleggio cheese (available at The Cheese Wedge)!  Risotto cakes can be put together without a lot of bother - just add a sharp melty cheese like taleggio and breadcrumbs and fry them up! A perfect lunch with a side salad.   INGREDIENTS 3 1/2 cups risotto (leftover, any kind, chilled ) 1 1/2 cups panko Japanese breadcrumbs (divided) 3 oz. Taleggio cheese 3 scallions (finely chopped) 1 large egg yolk 2 large eggs canola oil (for frying) DIRECTIONS Cube Taleggio into...