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Pop Up Dinners:  Homemade Cheese Fridays
Homemade Cheese Dinners

Pop Up Dinners: Homemade Cheese Fridays

Happy New Year everyone! Fresh beginnings call for fresh cheeses, and recently, I have been digging my hands deep into the curd and the kitchen.  Have a craving for homemade cheese? Every Friday at SkytownBK in Bushwick, I am crafting a dinner menu inspired by my winter creamery creations: mozzarella, ricotta, and crème fraîche. The hand crafted … Continue reading

Defining Molecular Gastronomy in the Context of Cheese
Cheese Essay

Defining Molecular Gastronomy in the Context of Cheese

Amazing Photograph by Wil Edwards The two faces of molecular gastronomy, the scientific and the culinary, represent a conceptual split that I have also experienced. Despite the culinary world’s intentions to view the field as an expression of an evolving cuisine that embraces innovation and new technique, its platform in a bourgeois marketplace had never … Continue reading

Urban/Local: A Cheese SpeakEasy. November 8th.
Local Cheese Event

Urban/Local: A Cheese SpeakEasy. November 8th.

It is with great pleasure that I announce a collaboration between fellow Brooklyn based cheese maker, Matt Spiegler, and I, in one incredible cheese soirée.  The evening will be an eclectic mix of urban and locally made cheeses, beer from Basil Lee and Kevin Stafford of Finback Brewery (Queens’ newest craft brewers), a screening of a new short cheese … Continue reading