Entries from December 2008

December 19, 2008

Fondo’s and Fondon’ts for the 2008/2009 Holiday Season

This year I held a fondue party for my nearest and dearest under the alpine ledge of the JMZ train.  It was a wild success and we ate some of the best fondue I have ever tasted.  This had a lot to do with the quality of the cheeses I used, all Rolf Beeler’s of [...]

December 2, 2008

Cheese and Patriotism Will Rise Again

“It is no part of the policy of the Empire State, as we understand it, to increase the punishment of lawbreakers by making them eat things they detest.” The New York Times.  In the March 5th 1983 edition of the paper an anonymous reporter gives the details of the new cheese policy to be [...]