The last week of August was Dumpling Week on WBUR. Miss Niss listened to a dumpling story from a different country each morning on her way to work that week. From Italian tortellini to Chinese fried dumplings, there’s a lot of ways to look at dumplings. That same week, I saw a chef prepare pizza […]
Category Archives: Cheese
Bridal Shower at Artisanal Cheese Center
You may have noticed that TFAW are very wedding busy lately — one of us is getting married and the other is a guest at six weddings this year. Yup. Crazy. Us cheese fiends pick like-minded people for friends. I was excited to celebrate my friend C at her bridal shower wine/cheese tasting class at […]
Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup
TFAW love the classic grilled cheese and tomato soup combo. There’s something so satisfying about dipping buttery, cheesy bread into hot tomato soup. About six weeks ago (yes this post is a tad overdo) I was searching for a simple yes satisfying recipe that would be special enough for W’s birthday and also manageable to […]
Product Review: Old Amsterdam Gouda
Since the beginning, our motto at TFAW has always been “If we don’t have something nice to blog, don’t blog it.” We’re no phonies, and share only our honest and candid feedback on products and restaurants we love. All positive energy (for the most part… unless you really irk us and we very seldom let […]
Gougères, again.
Corn Tortilla Vegetable Lasagna
Sunday morning Miss Yunks was procrastinating getting out of bed. Already caught up on emails and the latest posts on Facebook, I scrolled over to my Pinterest app. I like Pinterest, but I have trouble remembering to use it. I scrolled through recipes and pinned a few that inspired me to cook dinner that night. […]
Cheesy Quinoa Bake for Passover
Miss Yunks is trying to keep meals interesting during Passover and is using quinoa in ways she’s never used it before. The thought of cheesy quinoa came to mind as a dish with many servings to make for the week’s lunches at work. Based on the easy baked mac and cheese recipe I used here, […]
Martha Stewart’s Mac n’ Cheese
Like all other red-blooded Americans, TFAW are suckers for some good mac n’ cheese. Check out this top recipe.




