No Ordinary Chocolates

Gorgonzola Cheese Chocs

After my little trip round the Paolo Sarpi food fair in Milan last weekend, I came back home with a couple of bags of goodies, including the chocolates you can see in the picture to the left of this sentence.Looks though can be, and often are, deceptive, for the chocolates you see in the photo … [Read more...]

Interesting Gorgonzola

UPDATE 2I have spoken to Lorenzo of La Via lattea, the award winning slow food company behind this this delightful cheese, and a whole host of other interesting cheese products as well, as I have discovered. Full contact details have now been added to my original The Gorgonzola of the Gods post, … [Read more...]

The Gorgonzola of the Gods

Gorgeous Goat's Cheese Gorgonzola

Sometimes in your life you make a discovery. For me, this discovery was made yesterday at the Via Paolo Sarpi street fair here in Milan.I espied this interesting looking cheese from afar, and its odd red coloured granular coating caught my eye. Upon closer inspection I realised that the … [Read more...]

Cheese

On the subject of food, a subject which is very close to my heart, because I like food, as the size of my stomach can bear testament, today a quick entry about cheese.Italy has an enormous variety of cheeses. You've got the famous Parmesan, ricotta and marscapone cheeses, which just about … [Read more...]