{"id":49266,"date":"2025-05-13T02:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=49266"},"modified":"2025-05-13T10:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:38:34","slug":"cheese-diary-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-diary-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese Diary: Our Social Media Manager’s Favorite Spring Bites, from a Bubbling Mac and Cheese Bowl out of a Pittsburgh Dive Bar to a Cheese Shop Restock"},"content":{"rendered":"

See how much cheese someone who works at a cheese magazine actually eats at home and on the road.<\/h4>\n
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Farmer\u2019s cheese and rice dumpling at Fet-Fisk in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo by Alana Pedalino.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of my favorite things to do when traveling to new destinations are 1) stop into the nearest cheese shop for a taste of regional terroir and 2) visit local restaurants to order any unusual, creative, and, hopefully, cheesy meals. I also like to cook whenever I can; for breakfast, I go out of my way to include artisanal cheese whenever possible.<\/p>\n

Below are my favorite bites of late, from a recent breakfast staple to perhaps the best mac and cheese I\u2019ve ever eaten.<\/p>\n

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Everything bagel avocado mash with fried egg, sriracha, and Hook\u2019s Little Boy Blue from the Cheese Lady in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo by Alana Pedalino.<\/p><\/div>\n

1)<\/strong> Everything Bagel Avocado Mash with Fried Egg, Sriracha, and Hook\u2019s Little Boy Blue from The Cheese Lady in Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had the chance to visit the Cheese Lady in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in February\u2014a cheese shop I highly recommend visiting if you\u2019re traversing the Mitten State, and not just because it has culture on its shelves. The Cheese Lady is chock full of unique regional products and it\u2019s next door to the award-winning Pux Cider. (Which makes the best damn apple cider I\u2019ve ever had.)<\/p>\n

Though I picked up several cheeses from the store, my fave was Hook\u2019s Little Boy Blue. I can\u2019t always find Little Boy Blue where I\u2019m from, and I\u2019m pretty sure the last time I had it in my cheese drawer I paired it with a dash of acacia honey and called it a day. This time, I added flair to a breakfast I often make\u2014crumbled atop an everything bagel avocado mash with a fried egg and sriracha.<\/p>\n

Boy oh boy, Little Boy Blue elevated this dish. The sheep\u2019s milk blue played well with the sweet-spicy sriracha and the garlicky everything bagel seasoning, yielding a creamy depth of flavor when accompanied by a broken yolk and fatty avocado.<\/p>\n

Pro tip: Sometimes when I want a carb boost, I fry a Trader Joe\u2019s hashbrown patty and place it underneath the mash.<\/p>\n\n\t\t