I wish that I could have had more time with this book, but is still a reasonably new volume and someone else in Fairfax County wanted to read it! So, I had to rush thru the last 80-ish pages on Tuesday morning before taking it back (can’t really complain because I use holds to get most of the books that I want to read from the library … it is a habit developed in Oxford working with the strange stack request system).

So, a book about a life with cheese … well, not exactly.  This is an autobiography about a cheesemonger, Gordon Edgar, that never set out to become a food professional.  Instead, he was a punk and fixture in the 80′s San Francisco counter-culture that, on a fluke, got a job at the Rainbow Co-op.  From this slightly random move from a job cleaning buses used by hippies to working at the Rainbow’s cheese section, Gordon explains how his life as a punk and his extracurriculars at university helped to shape his career as the Cheese Man. Read more »

As part of our Sunday dinner with Cliff and Steph, Jill made a Baked Camembert.  It is a very simple dish that tastes great!  You can find dozens of recipes for it online, but here is roughly what Jill did on Sunday.

• 1 Camembert, in box
• Salt
• Pepper
• Small handful of herbs (we used thyme and sage from the patio)
• 1 clove of garlic
• Olive Oil
• Bread, to serve

Preheat the oven to 220° C/gas 7.  Wet the box slightly.  Score top of cheese.  Chop herbs and garlic.  Push them into cheese.  Season. Oil lightly.  Bake for 10-15 minutes or until slightly brown on top and melted inside.  Serve straight out of the oven with the bread.

Enjoy!