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Cheese O’Clock Returns!

October 23, 2023 janet@janetfletcher.com
Jane Fletcher & Laura Werlin

Gather your cheese-loving friends and family and join my cheese pal Laura Werlin and me for the return of Cheese O’Clock, our popular Zoom-based tasting series. Laura and I reuniting on Thursday, November 30, for one night only, with two delightful guests, some favorite cheeses…and bubbles!

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Tags Cheese O’Clock, World Central Kitchen, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese, Domaine Carneros
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Pass the Goat Cheese, Please

January 26, 2021 janet@janetfletcher.com
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It doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but I still get people telling me they don’t like goat cheese. Really? You’re writing off the whole vast category? I’m pretty sure these folks mean they don’t like tangy, chalky fresh chèvre that smells like a goat barn. I don’t either. But who wouldn’t fall for the two lovelies pictured here? Both are French, nutty, mellow, marvelous and made from goat’s milk, and we’ll be tasting one of them at Cheese O’Clock on February 18.

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In Milk: Goat, From: France Tags goat cheese, French cheese, Basque cheese, Cheese O’Clock, Somport, Bethmale
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Everybody Loves a Winner

October 19, 2020 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Has so much deliciousness ever been assembled on Zoom? Sixteen blue-ribbon cheeses. Four tastings. The best of the best. Oh, and a bonus cheese on the final evening. That’s the new “Cheese O’Clock” series in a nutshell, folks. My co-conspirator in cheese, Laura Werlin , and I hope you will join us for this virtual cheese party/cheese class/deep dive. We’re tasting exclusively American Cheese Society Blue Ribbon Winners, grouped into four themed tastings

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In Milk: Cow, Milk: Goat, Milk: Mixed, Milk: Sheep, From: U.S. Tags Planet Cheese, Cheese O’Clock, Laura Werlin, American Cheese Society
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Happier Happy Hours

May 11, 2020 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Are you doing as many virtual Happy Hours as I am? I’m enjoying how easy it is to “meet” friends for a drink, but the bar menu is pitiful. My husband and I hoarded pistachios when this madness got started, but I’m getting a little bored with them. Knowing how desperate our cheesemakers are to sell their fresh cheeses, I decided to challenge myself to make some bar bites with ingredients on hand. I did have to purchase the cheese, but all the toppings were foraged from the fridge, garden and pantry. You can do this.

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In From: U.S. Tags American cheese, fresh cheese, happy hour, bruschetta, crostini, toast, Nicasio Valley, Cheese O’Clock, Laura Werlin
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