Talking Cheese at Ellwood Thompsons
RVANews features Ellwood Thompson’s cheesemonger, Dany Schutte, in her own words. Never did I imagine in my youth that I would some day become a cheesemonger. A firewoman, police officer, even a minister, but nope, cheesemonger was not among the list. Actually, I wasn’t that interested in food, outside just eating it. Somewhere in my […]
RVANews features Ellwood Thompson’s cheesemonger, Dany Schutte, in her own words.
Never did I imagine in my youth that I would some day become a cheesemonger. A firewoman, police officer, even a minister, but nope, cheesemonger was not among the list. Actually, I wasn’t that interested in food, outside just eating it. Somewhere in my early to mid-twenties, while watching Jeff Smith (AKA The Frugal Gourmet on PBS) did the bulb above my head start to show some glow. Here was a man, a minister no less, teaching about food. Not just cook this, do that, but through story and history and sometimes even through ritual and mystery. He quoted Joseph Campbell frequently, and I was suddenly in love with cooking. I wanted to do this. I became a competent cook. Continue Reading at RVANews
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