Cannundrums

I recently did a post on the differences between sweet potatoes and yams and, as part of that post, featured purple yams, which are really ...

Emmentaler or Emmental is a cheese from Switzerland which, among some other cheeses, is known in the U.S. as Swiss cheese.  It has a taste t...

Gruyere cheese is named after the town of Gruyere in Switzerland and is one of the 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die . As I'm fin...

Roquefort is a blue cheese made out of sheep milk. Like Blue Stilton, another well known blue cheese, it is a PDO (protected designation of ...

Tintern cheese is a creamy Cheddar flavored with chives and shallots. It is a rindless cheese made of cow's milk, with a protective laye...

There are two types of Stilton cheese: Blue and White. Both are trademarked and have the status of a PDO. And they could hardly be more diff...

Some time back I saw a gray squirrel in the street dart in front of a car and get hit. It laid like a lump in the center of the street while...