belated birth-date

Last weekend, we celebrated my belated birth-date, now an annual tradition. Our packed day included a visit to the Neue Galerie, the Merchants House Museum (above), and the Skyscraper Museum. In between visits, we stopped for a lovely meat and cheese filled lunch at Il Buco Alimentari. The day concluded with dinner and mini-golf at Brooklyn Crab, my favorite stop of the day - if you haven't been, it's awesome. For more photos, check out my instagram feed (I'm @shoshauna).
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cheese club: belgium

For this installment, cheese club enjoyed the cheeses of Belgium, complete with a selection of Belgium beers. I brought Cabricharme and Picoleur (especially excellent) which featured a fantastic illustration of the cheese-maker (see below).

cheese club: english chedder

This weeks cheese club featured English cheddars and homemade chutneys. I brought Montgomery and Isle of Mull (both delicious), made roasted pear chutney and more crackers.

cheese club: to the farm

Cheese club took another field trip; this time we toured Cherry Grove Farm, near Princeton, New Jersey. We walked around the farm, visited the goats....

...enjoyed a couple of the farm's cheeses, including the Herdsman and Buttermilk Brie...

and tried cheese curds for the first time!

All photos by me.

cheese club: a visit to astoria

Cheese club took a field trip to the Greek-centric neighborhood of Astoria in Queens. We started with grilled cheese sandwiches and a cheese plate from the Queens Kickshaw (below).

We visited a couple Greek and European markets, including Mediterranean Foods...

...and finished our day with a cheese plate and mushroom panini from Il Bambino.

All photos by me.