{"id":28678,"date":"2016-10-26T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=28678"},"modified":"2016-10-26T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:45:00","slug":"blue-cheese-plus-sprinkles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/blue-cheese-plus-sprinkles\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cheese Gets a Few Extra Colors at Faun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheese pairs well with an array of food and drinks—everything from fresh jalape\u00f1os<\/a> to smoked duck<\/a> has a perfect, cheesy match. Even sweets go well with certain cheeses, and one Brooklyn restaurant is playing with this combination in a surprising way.<\/p>\n

Italian restaurant Faun<\/a>, located in Prospect Heights, recently added sprinkles to its cheese plate. The sprinkles are placed on top of a cut of gorgonzola piccante<\/a>, an Italian blue cheese. Also known as “mountain gorgonzola,” this cheese has an especially robust flavor for a blue, developed as it matures. Blue cheeses like this usually pair well with sweet flavors as a complement, but when assembling plates, chefs usually opt for sugar in the form of a fruit preserve.<\/p>\n

While the sprinkles certainly stand out on Faun’s normally traditional menu, executive chef Brian Leth enjoys elements of playfulness in his food. “There\u2019s a lot of humor in the food that I do,” he told Grub Street<\/cite><\/a>. The humor in this case also comes from the surprise factor, as the sprinkles aren’t included in the menu’s description of the plate.<\/p>\n

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That's a new one: cheese course at @faun.nyc; R to L, apricots, walnuts, Gorgonzola crusted with rainbow sprinkles<\/a><\/p>\n

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