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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Monteith's Cheesefest


Last night I went to the Monteith' Cheesefest with Sue, and we ate our way through an indecent amount of cheese! Wow!


It was nice to meet new cheese makers and to
catch up with the ones I knew: Massimiliano!!! Finally and Italian making mozzarella and scamorza in New Zealand! Still setting up,
but promising, and now every week-end at the La Cigale market in Auckland.





Lovely to meet Curd Nerd


And my first cheese teacher, Katherine!





Of course we had to say hallo to Jan and John, they love their goats, and we love their cheese!





Thank you to the lovely people of Monteith, we enjoyed having beer with cheese, and learn about matching (Usually for me is wine and cheese, but I love beer, and I really wanted to know more about beer and cheese pairing!). And you know what? You can match apple cider with feta: it works!

Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©




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16 comments:

  1. enzaMarch 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    ci starei come un topo nel formaggio.
    che ne pensa massimiliano del latte neozelandese? me l'hai sempre descritto grasso e saporito.
    vedi che belle varietà di formaggi? ora risolvi anche il problema mozzarella e sei a posto.

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  2. AlessandraMarch 3, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Massimiliano dice che ' meglio fare la mozzarella qui, il latte e' buono perche' le mucche sono meno stressate, e sono sempre fuori al pascolo. Questo e' un paese dove le mucche possono star fuori tutto il giorno anche d'inverno a mangiare l'erba... e mangiano ERBA!

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  3. koraleeMarch 3, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    What fun! I adore cheese..all types so I am sure I would love all of these.

    Have a great day. oxxo

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  4. SwathiMarch 3, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    Cheese fest sounds delicious. I love taste test lot cheeses.

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  5. Sweet Snow FlakesMarch 3, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Lots of lots of cheese! What is your favorite? hard to pick one? It would be hard for me not to drink wine if I were there!

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  6. sasasunakkuMarch 3, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    I didn't really eat cheese as a kid (no dairy cos eczema) but I'm making up for it now - wish I could have come, this looks amazing.

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  7. AlessandraMarch 3, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    It was good Sasa, the cheese is really improving here.

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  8. SarettaMarch 3, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    SE il latte è così buono ele mucche vere mucche..vale proprio al pensa di mangiarlo sto formaggio!E che bella questa iniziativa!Divoro con gli ochhi ,)

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  9. DanielaMarch 4, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    Che mi divertimento non sai quanto mi sarebbe piaciuto essere li con voi. Sono certa che quel formaggio è davvero speciale. Ciao Daniela.

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  10. AmbraMarch 4, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    Non sono una grande estimatrici di formaggi ma queste immagini mi mettono di buon umore!!!Un baciotto tesoro!

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  11. TinnyMarch 4, 2011 at 2:17 AM

    Profumi di casa, eh? Che bello e che bei formaggi. Un abbraccio.

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  12. Chiara March 4, 2011 at 3:48 AM

    che meraviglia di formaggi Alessandra! Credo che le mucche lì siano molto felici....

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  13. AlessandraMarch 4, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Piu' felici che in Europa!

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  14. AnonymousMarch 7, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    We were there too, we must have missed you!

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  15. FrancescaMarch 10, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    si vede che le mucche dalle tue parti son felici perchè hai fotografato i volti di altrettante persone sorridenti e gioiose. E che mangiata di formaggi vi siete fatti! :-)

    FRANCESCAV.com

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  16. AnonymousMarch 12, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    That looks amazing! Were they all NZ cheeses? What was your favourite?

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