#andreacolt

Everyone who knows me could name my poison: cheese!

It's a problem. My biggest weakness is the sharpest cheddar in the land: an aged cheddar from Cabot. Thankfully, Costco sells it in two-pound blocks! I love this cheese with salami, with dabs of pesto or jam, on sandwiches, with fruit, or just by itself (that means with wine).

And lets not forget the other yummy cheeses! Smoked gouda is a personal fav, along with goat cheese with honey (I will mix up a bowl of it, grab a sleeve of crackers, and call it dinner.) Havarti is very tasty ... and is also the name of one of my cats! I love trying new cheeses, and a cheese & charcuterie board at a restaurant is one of my favorite things to order. My absolute favorite, of course, is testing out the local mac and cheese!

I'd much rather eat cheese than anything else, so diets essentially consist of "Eat something besides cheese for a few weeks." It's so hard! And I find it impossible to be creative when I'm hungry, so if I'm stuck on a draft or wrestling with a recalcitrant chapter, a cube of cheese often makes me feel better.

So I guess cheese isn't just my poison ... it's my antidote too!