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There are few things in this world quite as wonderful as a piece of delicious cheese. But why settle for one piece, when you could have an entire advent calendar full of cheese?
British food blogger Annem Hobson — the voice behind the awesome So Wrong It’s Nom — has teamed up with the Ilchester Cheese Company to create the world’s first Cheese Advent Calendar.
Seriously, is there any better way to count down time until Christmas than with 24 pieces of cheese?
The calendar — which first appeared last year as a UK-exclusive — will this year feature seven cheeses, including the seasonally-appropriate Wensleydale with cranberry and a limited-edition Wensleydale with gingerbread, as well as old favorites Cheddar, Red Leicester, Edam, Jarlsberg, and the smoky Applewood. All seven cheeses are vegetarian.
2018 also marks the first year the Cheese Advent Calendar will be available outside of the UK. In the United States, it will be available at Super Target stores starting later this month, where it will sell for $20. (Sorry, Canada: no Cheese Advent Calendar for you.)
Since the primary ingredient of the Cheese Advent Calendar is, well, cheese, it does need to be refrigerated. Fortunately, it was designed with storage in mind, so not only does the Calendar fold in half like a book, you can also tear off one side after the first twelve days to minimize the space it takes up in the fridge.
You can even check out how the Cheese Advent Calendar is made, from field to final package:
There are SO many people involved in the making of The Cheese Advent Calendar, and it’s come a long way since the handmade prototype. Here’s a little behind the scenes to bring you on the journey. Full video on IGTV and Facebook.com/SoWrongItsNom.If you share my fondness for cheese, you’re probably going to want like seven of these just for yourself. But these also make fabulous presents for folks in your life who might enjoy a change from the classic chocolate advent calendar, but aren’t quite geeky enough for a LEGO advent calendar. Just, you know, be sure to get them early so they can start counting down to Christmas on December 1. Wouldn’t want to miss out on any days of cheese, would we?
Have you seen any other fabulous non-chocolatey advent calendars? Let us know in comments below!
Images: So Wrong It’s Nom, Ilchester Cheese Company
As much of the media is struggling to find a motive for this week’s mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, much has been made of Ian David Long’s possible PTSD having served as a Marine. PTSD is very real and we’re not going to diminish the potential effects of that disorder, but according to Dominique Colell, Long’s high school track coach, his scary, violent behavior was evident long before he entered the Marine Corps.
According to Colell, Long attacked her during his senior year, when she when a cell phone and was trying to figure out whose it was.
“Ian came up and started screaming at me that was his phone,” she told CBS Los Angeles. “He just started grabbing me. He groped my stomach. He groped my butt. I pushed him off me and said after that — ‘you’re off the team.’”
“He attacked me,” she says. “He attacked his high school track coach. Who does that?”
While it is both distressing and unsurprising that a mass shooter had a history of violence towards women, it is equally upsetting (and, yes, unsurprising) to hear that Colell was convinced not to file a formal complaint so as not to ruin the boy’s future in the Marine Corps. She says she was encouraged by both other coaches and the school–meaning the administration knew about the incident–to keep quiet.
We must stop ignoring these men’s dangerous behavior so as “protect their future.” It cannot be women’s responsibility to save violent men from themselves, or to then save others from those men. (via CBS LA)
- The fires in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas are terrifying and devastating homes; the city’s zoo is preparing to evacuate; and the Paramount Ranch, featured in so many projects, from Dr. Quinn to Westoworld, has burned down. (via THR)
- A New York Times correspondent posted on Twitter yesterday that he doesn’t know what gaslighting means and he wants people to use “actual English words.” The sexist was obvious, since the word has come back (yes, back) into popularity largely because women are talking about their experiences with it. He got promptly dragged by Twitter, including one of my favorite subtly snarky sub-tweeters: the dictionary.
📈’Gaslighting’ comes from the title and plot of a 1938 play in which a man tries to drive his wife mad by causing her to doubt her grip on reality. https://t.co/AqtwkxaEcr
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 8, 2018
- John Boyega and Leticia Wright are set to star opposite each other in Hold Back the Stars, a film that’s being described as “Romeo & Juliet meets Gravity.” TAKEMYMONEY.GIF! (via Vulture)
- Emily Blunt is always a joy. (Especially with bonus Stanley Tucci cameo.) (via YouTube)
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