Looking for ways to simplify your Holiday Menu without giving up the wow factor? Culinary expert Jill Forster can sum it up with one word... cheese. With countless varieties in a range of price points, there is something for all tastes and budgets, from the more widely known varieties to the more exotic: Cabot Clothbound cheddar from Vermont, Prairie Rose Swiss from an Amish cheese maker in Iowa, Humboldt Fog goat cheese from California (a female cheese maker), Northern Lights Blue made at the University of Minnesota by Joe Sherman and Delice de Bourguignon triple crème from France, to name a few. For those of you who enjoy cheese and like to experiment, try a cheese class at Kowalski's where Forster oversees the cheese department. She has cooked at some of the best restaurants in the country, and is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute, but cheese is her true passion. Love cheese but worried about your diet? Forster points to the French, who typically consume cheese, wine and bread in much larger quantities than the average American diet, yet have higher life expectancies. I'm already signed up for Cheeses of Italy and I've got my eye on those Holiday Wine and Cheese Pairing classes. Finally, a diet I can live with!
- Barb Sustad, Strategic Partnerships, the Affair
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