Cheesewench Conundrum

So here's the problem I'm having. This weekend I got to meet two cheesemakers from Nebraska. Charuth from Dutch Girl Creamery and Krista from Branched Oak Farm. This weekend I also reacquainted myself with an old flame. A triple creme washed rind cheese from California. I was playing with the photo cube and accidentally took a ridiculously good photo of an orange (that's right, orange) Cheddar. On top of that, it's still grilled cheese month. I have too many cheese thoughts in my head right now. I'm thinking about this too much.

Here goes. I'm going to show you what we made for staff meal yesterday. It was just the three of us on the schedule, and it was miserable weather outside. I decided that we should have an homage to grilled cheese month, and this rockin' chick I work with (also a pastry chef) decided to make up a dessert.

For the grilled cheese I took some day old bread, Asiago Fresco, Taleggio, oil marinated artichokes and oven roasted tomatoes. Put it on the panini machine and in 8 minutes we had gooey, yummy, lunch to warm us up.



For dessert Alison picked up a few things from our shelves and a fresh goat cheese from our new friend Charuth. She grilled up a few mission figs, added some local honey, a grating of 70% chocolate and a sprinkling of lemon zest. This was perfect. A great way to end an impromptu cheesey luncheon. Working in a cheeseshop has it's tasty tasty perks.