Ohhhh.. The Oatmeal once again makes me chuckle with their witty and informative comics. This one is RIGHT on the money in terms of that which is #FF.
social media, tech, food and wine in a world that takes itself too seriously.
Ohhhh.. The Oatmeal once again makes me chuckle with their witty and informative comics. This one is RIGHT on the money in terms of that which is #FF.
You know you are NOT a nerd when you have no desire to get any of these tattoos!
A first - Sonoma is a trending tweet in the San Francisco area! Seems like @California has some promotion at the Sonoma Lodge that they are promoting on Twitter and people are talking about William Sonoma. Not anything exciting, but still kinda cool!
Had to post... HAD TO! So damn cute.
Since it is almost December, I wanted to remind everyone... It is STILL fall. After Thanksgiving everything seems to be all about snow, Christmas, the North Pole, etc.
I plan on enjoying pumpkins, falling leaves and the colors orange & brown for at least a few more weeks!
This awesomeness has been added to my holiday wish list!
Wholly CRAP! These look like pixie sticks with crack! These are definitely added to my holiday wish list.
After a nice dinner at zazu Restaurant in Russian River Valley, I came home to instantly plop my butt down in the living room to watch the Cooking Network. This new network is what the Food Network should be...
I was able to get home in time for Food(ography), an amazing show on the culture of food, hosted by Mo Rocca (one of my favorite guys from the Daily Show back in the day). The subject matter: yup.... You guessed it. Cheese. Grilled Cheese sandwiches, American cheese, cheese paired with craft beer and wines, etc. All making my mouth water like it was the hour before Thanksgiving.
One cheese that was brought up when talking about Grilled Cheese was I had never heard of: halloumi.
Halloumi or haloumi (Greek χαλούμι, Turkish hellim, Arabic حلوم ḥallūm) is a traditional Cypriot cheese[1][2][3] that is also popular in the rest of the Middle East[4] and Greece,[5] and is now made the world over. It is made from a mixture of goat's and sheep milk, although some halloumi can be bought that also contains cow's milk.[6] It has a high melting point, and so can easily be fried or grilled. Halloumi is set withrennet, and is unusual in that no acid or acid-producing bacterium is used in its preparation.[7]
A cheese that can be grilled? I NEED this in or around my mouth!
So... of course, being the geek I am, I googled this new cheese. This is my favorite blog post/recipe I found:

Cheese on the BBQ might sound strange, but that's what we are going to explore today - as well as some other ways you might use Halloumi cheese. Halloumi is a cheese indigenous to Cyprus. I think it is traditionally a mix of goat and sheep milk (anyone out there a specialist in Greek Cypriot cheeses?), but the halloumi I normally come across here in San Francisco is made just with sheep's milk. One of the things that makes this cheese so unique is that it can stand up to a tremendous amount of heat. At temperatures where other cheeses are reduced to a melted ooey-gooeyness, halloumi maintains its structure and develops a beautiful golden crust.
There are infinite recipe possibilities using halloumi, let's brainstorm: