{"id":9119,"date":"2014-05-27T14:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=9119"},"modified":"2014-05-27T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T18:30:37","slug":"spring-grilled-cheese-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/spring-grilled-cheese-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Grilled Cheese with Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em style=\"color: #666666;\">Carolyn Bender&nbsp;is one of 6 semi-finalists competing for sponsorship to the 2014 Cheesemonger Invitational. Read her blog post below and don\u2019t forget to vote for your favorite monger!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the warmer weather comes even more chances to heat up your cheese! As we get closer to summer, the days are warmer but the nights are still pleasantly cool and we don&#8217;t have to give up the comfort of great grilled cheese just yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Juicy ripe tomatoes are starting to appear at the farmers&#8217; markets and they beg to be sliced and added to your hot melty sandwich. But you don&#8217;t have to stick with usual <a title=\"Culture Cheese Library: Cheddar (Quicke's Traditional)\" href=\"\/cheese-library\/Cheddar-Quickes-Traditional\" target=\"_blank\">English cheddar<\/a> or <a title=\"Culture Cheese Library: Emmentaler\" href=\"\/cheese-library\/Emmentaler\" target=\"_blank\">Emmentaler<\/a>, try something different but equally delicious. My own favorites include many American alpine-style cheeses with either tomato or sweet onion confit. Try <a title=\"Culture Cheese Library: Pleasant Ridge Reserve\" href=\"\/cheese-library\/Pleasant-Ridge-Reserve\" target=\"_blank\">Pleasant Ridge Reserve<\/a> (Uplands) or <a title=\"Culture Cheese Library: Fortsonia\" href=\"\/cheese-library\/Fortsonia\" target=\"_blank\">Fortsonia<\/a> (Nature&#8217;s Harmony) with heirloom tomatoes and <a title=\"Phickles.com Got Okies?\" href=\"http:\/\/phickles.com\/2012\/02\/02\/got-okies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phickles Okies<\/a> for grilled cheese with a southern spin.<\/p>\n<p>Every cheesemonger has their own favorite combination of breads, cheeses, and extras&#8230; just ask!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Like this post? <a title=\"Vote to Sponsor a Monger\" href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/sponsor-me\" target=\"_blank\">Be sure to vote for Carolyn<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheesemonger Carolyn Bender explains how juicy ripe tomatoes are the perfect seasonal addition to a buttery, melty grilled cheese sandwich. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":9250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[319],"coauthors":[617],"class_list":["post-9119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-community-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - 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