image via wikipedia The Whey We Were In cheese news this past week, the city of Philadelphia mourned when Joey Vento, owner of the Philadelphia cheese steak mecca Geno’s Steaks, died of a heart attack at the age of 71. Geno’s Steaks was one of the city’s biggest tourist attractions after the Liberty Bell...
Yes, our Cheese News feature is back! Sort of. I refuse to write about Chuck E. Cheese. Reason For UK Riots Finally Uncovered That’s right. Everyone has been offering up an opinion on the reason for the rioting, looting and general destruction in England this past week. Well, like Julia Roberts in The Pelican...
The visuals coming out of London have seriously lopped off a huge chunk of faith that I once had in humanity. These riots aren’t solving anything, and it’s looking like they’re happening for a variety of reasons. Well, whatever the reasons, there are a lot of idiots out there rioting and destroying public property...
Did you have a hero or an idol growing up? I had a few, and I’ve collected a few new ones along the way. One thing I’ve noticed, is that heroes are harder to find as you get older. Probably because it’s harder to be impressed and easier to cut through the bullshit. So...
I’m sure you’ve all heard about what’s going on in Egypt. But just in case you’ve been living under a rock or spending an inordinate amount of time debating on which app to download to your new iPad, let me fill you in. The Egyptian people are revolting. No, I don’t mean the Egyptian...
You want to meet me IRL, don’t you? I know you do. We’ve become friends. I’ve charmed you with my wit, my humour, and my Evangeline Lilly good looks. Ok, so I have no idea why you like me. Whatever. The problem with meeting me is that very few of you will venture to...
Quite a few people spent the last few days of 2010 looking back, reviewing the year and making resolutions. I spent the last few days of 2010 trying to drink enough to completely obliterate 2010 from my memory. Success! So, I’ve spent the last couple of days sobering up and attempting to remember parts...
En garde! The World Cheese Awards took place again and this year’s champ comes from…England! Cornish Blue, made in Liskeard by Philip and Carol Stansfield, nosed ahead of 2,600 entries from 26 countries for the win. It would seem that while France was busy being snooty, England has developed a choice of 700 homegrown cheeses while the...
Favourite cheese takes top honours Two Cotswold food producers have won top titles at this year’s British Cheese Awards. There were almost 900 entries from 189 cheese makers which were judged by 56 cheese experts. I wonder if one of those judges wasn’t Jayne, from InJaynesWorld. Second place winner, Catherine Elliott, said she was over the...
A Day Late And Several Dollars Short September’s edition of Cheese In The News is a little late because I forgot the old “30 days hath September” poem and subsequently believed today was September 31st. I was going to try and make some witty comment here, or try to blame the error on being overworked...
