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INSPIRE CHEESE PLATE ENVY on a budget.

A woman with clumpy eye make up, very long fake nails and over processed hair once asked me at a party, "So what did you bring?" and I answered, "The cheese plate." and she said, "well, that's not very creative." To which I replied with a pleasant smile and thought, "you should know broomhilda." I make a lovely cheese plate, I would even say, a thoughtful cheese plate and sometimes a very expensive cheese plate that I fashion from Whole Paycheck cheeses. The line up usually reads as: Brillat Savarin: French buttery triple cream heaven, Uniekaas aged gouda: Dutch, nutty, [...]

I’LL HAVE SOME CHORIZO WITH MY CHEESE

I want to share those things that make me happy and usually don't cost very much. Everything is relative, but relative to a pair of shoes or a weekend getaway, these little tasty bits are pretty darn doable. DALMATIA ADRIATIC FIG SPREAD: I could tell you that figs are healthy and have tons of fiber and that these particular figs are hand picked on the coast of Croatia, but the reason I snag up a jar almost weekly at Whole Paycheck is because it tastes like heaven. I usually put it on my cheese plate along with some Lehua honey. [...]