Ursula Heinzelmann, Wein- & Essenschreiberin
The eastern Baltic Sea keeps calling out for HeinzelCheese: not long ago a very friendly Lithuanian gave me a „Parmesan“ from his home country (which was quite good, but reminded me more of an aged Gouda), now a friend brought back this cheese from Estonia. Nopri Sõir comes from the the Nopri Talumeierei, a dairy farm and creamery in the very south of the country, near the border with Lithuania and Russia. » Weiterlesen…
It’s with great pride that come May, I’ll take my German food history ‚Beyond Bratwurst‘ to Boston University’s Food Studies program. I’ve been invited to give a Jacques Pépin Lecture and will be focussing on the effect the rapid industrialization in late 19th-century Germany had on the country’s cheese industry. » Weiterlesen…
I’ve finally been to Modena and the surrounding Emilia Romagna around that balsamico-famous town. It’s been my first time to meet up with venerable old Parmigiano Reggiano on his home turf! And of course there were a few slices of prosciutto di Parma and a few drops of Aceto Balsamico on the way… But for you, my HeinzelCheeseTalk past and future faithfuls, I came back loaded with cheesy goodness, to be explored at our big table at the Markthalle Neun. » Weiterlesen…
At the Heinzelcheese headquarters in Berlin the March sun still tends to be a little wobbly on its warming wintergrey-chasing feet. The after dinner cheese program is therefore much inclined towards reliably friendly, blissful, bright-white-wine-welcoming stuff such as this very poignantly named „Schneeweißer“ from Obere Mühle, an organic creamery in Bad Hindelang in the Allgäu/Bavaria. » Weiterlesen…
Hola, amigos del queso! This was the tenth HeinzelCheeseTalk and therefore a special one: we had a fantastic Spanish cheese guest who brought us the real stuff from his home country and told us all about it. David Raya Moreno runs, together with the ever smiling Marta, the Gusto Artesano stall at Markthalle Neun. » Weiterlesen…