In December, I ran into my friend Nordea McCoy of Nordea Soaperie on a day where she wasn’t selling in a market. She was just a civilian shopper like me. She was carrying a plastic container, and she was hellbent on filling it up with something called “bruffins.” She told me that they were amazing, and she couldn’t believe I didn’t already know all about them. Well, you don’t have to tell me twice about something worth eating. And, of course, Nordea could not have been more r

Lunch on Saturday: Crumbly and tangy, sharp cheddar with wild onion from Palatine Valley Diary on untoasted slices of Nordic Breads‘ fresh ruis bread with sunflower seeds. The strong cheese was the perfect foil for the whole grain rye. I tasted several cheddars from Palatine Valley Dairy at last month’s Chocolate World Expo, and we just opened the wild onion this weekend. (Their cheeses were a wonderful break from all the amazing chocolates I tried at the Expo.) This open-fac