This afternoon I discovered Tomme Crayeuse cheese at Del Ray, Alexandria’s Cheesetique, my favorite cheese shop on this coast, where staff apparently refers to this thing of beauty as “Tom Cruise.” My friend Laura texted earlier from North Carolina, her current location on a roadtrip across these Unites States, and as she unapologetically perseveres in [...]

I’ve always been fascinated by the Italian whey cheese ricotta and its ability to go from sweet to savory to salty (ricotta salata). Turns out ricotta is easy to make (with cow milk substituting for sheep). While it traditionally provides creamy inner layers for lasagna, fresh ricotta is even lovelier on top of pasta and [...]