Cheese Sex is a voluptuous, buttery cheese spread with a sudden sharpness and smooth finish. Its discovery by local cheese aficianados lies in a sourcing expedition by “Cheese Impresario” Barrie Lynn to Joe Widmer’s Cheese Cellars in Wisconsin.
Widmer is a third-generation cheesemaker and the only person in the world making “brick cheese,” using bricks to press out the whey. The resulting cow’s milk cheese is in the stinky family along with Limburger, but it’s a distant relation with just a hint of funk.
When Widmer first offered Lynn his version of brick “Cheese Spread” she politely accepted in spite of unpleasant flashbacks to Cheese Whiz. To her surprise, the mixture of brick cheese and cheddar delighted her palate and she immediately added it to her pairing repertoire.
Back in Los Angeles, a friend of Lynn’s was soon leaning back in a chaise lounge reveling in the cheese. Sighing in ecstacy, she declared, “This is just like cheese sex” and the name stuck.
Barrie Lynn’s first exposure to the world of artisanal cheese was at a benefit for Slow Food, “It was love at first sight,” she gushes, “like being struck by Cupid’s arrow.” Lynn soon ditched her job in advertising, and within five years she was writing a cheese column for The Beverly Hills Times, teaching classes and being thanked in the liner notes by a famous cheese-loving rapper.
Lynn often mixes Cheese Sex with chopped figs, or serves it with Amish nut brittle. She also recommends just slathering it on a baguette or on a halved fig. Whether you enjoy your Cheese Sex straight or choose to get a little wild, no one here is going to judge you.
So glad you are back; i was really worried when your blog disappeared and you had not posted in months. are you ok?beth