If you come to dinner at my house, there’s a really good chance you’ll encounter a “dress-your-own” component in at least one of the courses.  The main reason is that I firmly believe that dinner guests are entitled to be served something they’d like to eat!  How many times have you been invited to someone’s [...]

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Red Dragon, with its robust cheddar, mustard and ale flavors, would make a fantastic grilled cheese sandwich on its own (read my “review” of this great cheese!).  In fact, I broiled a few open-faced ones for breakfast last week!  But since the point of my Cheese, Please! series is not only to find great cheeses [...]

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At its core, a croque-monsieur is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich. Here, I’ve kept that basic combination intact using Black Forest ham and smoked Gruyère cheese, adding whole-grain mustard and roasted garlic aioli as condiments in lieu of béchamel sauce and some arugula for a touch of peppery-tasting color. Grilled on ciabatta, it’s [...]

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