Autor: Ursula Heinzelmann

Cheese places: Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge/Massachusetts, USA

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When I first came to Cambridge/MA in 2009 it was for a seminar on reading old cookbooks as historic sources, given by the amazing food scholar Barbara Ketcham Wheaton (she is doing another one in June this year – go by all means!!) at the Schlesinger Library. It was an intense, studious week which has left all kinds of lasting impressions on me, not the least very good friends and a home away from home at the end of beautiful, posh Brattle Street. » Weiterlesen…

Riesling and more at the Dr Frank estate on Keuka Lake/Finger Lakes, NY

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Here I am, touring Upstate New York talking to students at various colleges about the joys of real cheese, book writing and German history – it’s an honor to be able to gently push some of you guys into a direction you might not have thought existed before we met!  Reminds me of the affinage process, when cheeses are gently guided to mature into something the cheese“maker“ has done a lot to get to, but can never be totally sure will happen in the end. Takes a lot of listening and attention and dedication, in both cases. All this to say that I’ve been in total cheese mode, with wine down the priority list, to :“stuff to drink and enjoy“ » Weiterlesen…

Eating Germany VI: sweet, tiny Nordseekrabben aka brown shrimps

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We call them crabs, but to be correct, these tiny pinkish brown creatures are shrimp, fished by specialized boats in the North Sea. As a kid, on the rare occasions my parents took my two younger brothers and me to a restaurant, I would invariably order a shrimp cocktail. » Weiterlesen…

Cheese of the month April 2014: Graukäse from the Ahrn Valley in Alto Adige/Italy

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Graukäse, grey cheese… doesn’t sound exactly sexy, does it? And on top of that unfortunate name, the poor chap habitually has to suffer disfiguration in the form of onion rings and vinegar. Folks, this is just unacceptable. Stop dissing Graukäse and dousing it with cheap acidity right now! Instead, start taking in its real taste. If you feel like totally blank now, surrounded by question marks – before you hit the escape button: this is about the northern Italian cousin of the German Handkäse-Harzer-Korbkäse family. » Weiterlesen…

Käse des Monats April 2014: Graukäse aus dem Ahrntal/Südtirol, Italien

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Grauer Käse… Klingt nicht gerade sexy. Und dann wird der arme Kerl im Ernstfall auch noch mit Essig und Zwiebeln zwangsbeglückt! Das muß ein Ende haben. Hier ist mein Plädoyer: liebe Leute, hört endlich mit dem Graukäse-Dissen auf und schmeckt stattdessen mal richtig hin. Wer jetzt den Kopf schüttelt und weiter klicken will, weil er bis jetzt nur lauter Fragezeichen sieht (Was zum Käseteufel ist Graukäse? Wovon redet sie eigentlich?): es geht um das Südtiroler Pendant zum Handkäse-Harzer-Korbkäse. » Weiterlesen…