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Posted | 0 comments If you did not watch 60 minutes Hallowe’en night, you did not see the citizens of Newton, Iowa desperately grasping for any straw of hope in an local economy that is drying up. Newton, IA is just 29 miles east of Des Moines, with a population of just over 15,000. Delavan is not so different from this community. It really hit me that we here in Delavan are very fortunate to have the industries...
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A week at the Palace!

Posted | 0 comments I’ve stolen this line from Gordon Edgar’s book “The Cheesemonger”! Do you know what motivates your local cheesemonger? Cheese is more than cheese to us. It’s earth, sky, humans partnering with animals (not fighting with them for every small bit of territory)! And it’s a good thing we are motivated by so many outside influences because inside the store, there...
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Anybody got a ‘pensieve’ handy?

Posted | 0 comments I feel a bit like Harry Potter’s Dumbledore and in need of the ‘pensieve’ (for those of you who haven’t read that series, please bear with me). I came back from Seattle with my brain ‘a point’ as the French say of their cheese. I was like that bit of brie that, when left out at room temperature, gently oozes itself out of its rind! So much information,...
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Now that I’ve got my feet back down on terra firma….

Posted | 0 comments Memo: To all my ‘cheese – y’ friends in Delavan – I’M HOME! AND … contrary to my earlier assertion, my head did not explode. However I am putting myself on a low-cheese diet this week. Whew, what a marathon! So we arrived on Wednesday, and girded our loins, only eating a light dinner of … wait for it – Macaroni & Cheese at Beecher’s...
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Why is this cheese so "goat – y"?

Posted | 0 comments A basic cheese 101 Cheese Is Milk. Milk varies in composition between the commonly known milking animals we know in America; cow, goat, and sheep. Specifically, cheese is made from the milk fats and proteins, and in particular, the fatty acids (acids that are present in the fat globules) are those that give milk its flavor and aroma potential. Tasting Thoughts – Goat milk cheeses...
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Cheese is good for your teeth, too!

Posted | 0 comments Interesting forward from my facebook page. I had to go look up dental caries (seems its soft or ‘weak’ spots in your teeth). So, another urban myth stands up. Milk and cheese Cows’ milk contains the sugar lactose – the least cariogenic (decay-causing) sugar. Milk on its own doesn’t promote caries and this has been attributed to the presence of protective factors:...
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Summer Cheese Tips – June 2010

Posted | 0 comments Summer cheese and wine tips! If you are looking for something unique, we have a wine tasting this weekend with Beth Moyer on Saturday from 1 until 3 p.m. As always, I will have the cheese picked to match Beth’s Summer Wine selection, and we’ll have great fun! Join us and be entered into a drawing for a BSM Gift Certificate! Free and open to all! It’s time to relax, to take a...
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American Craft Beer Week May 17 – May 23

Posted | 0 comments You’ve read my ramblings now for over a year and I often talk of wine and cheese pairings. And that has suited me just fine, until recently. You see, I’m a fraud. I live in Wisconsin, I grew up in Colorado near Coors in Golden – and I’m of German heritage, and I (sshhh – don’t tell anyone) just never have acquired a taste for beer! Nah, really? Yeah, really. ...
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Lunches at Brick Street

Posted | 0 comments One of the wonderful things about WI cheese is that it is so good on a sandwich! We have a small selection of great sandwiches which all feature two main ingredients – an artisan bread and a really great WI cheese! I like to say our sandwiches are hearty and wholesome. The bread we buy from Waterhouse Foods in Lake Mills is the best tasting bread I’ve eaten in a long time! And, I...
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Delavan, WI – A great place to shop!

Posted | 0 comments This is my PSA (public service announcement) for Downtown Delevan, WI. Driving through Delavan this a.m. on my way in to the store, I was thinking how lucky I was to have landed in this area some 20 years ago. Delavan is a beautiful city, with a quaint history, and committed parks and recreation department. The tree-lined main street is now being ‘colored’ up by emerging tulips of red...
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