yak cheese

The BBC reports that yak cheese, or rather, cheese made from yak milk, is now available for sale. Yum.
Yaks say cheese in rural China

Julie in Italia

Here's julie, walking down some street somewhere.

CNN Money's most popular

Let's see if linking to an RSS feed is as easy as this:

http://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_mostpopular.rss

France to head Lebanon peacekeepers

I hate to splash cold water on the peace process, but, um, France?

BBC: France to head new Lebanon force

Sforzato di Lombardia

There's a variety of Italian wine that I've lately become obsessed with -- just because it's so difficult to find in the United States. It's called Sforzato (or, in the local dialect, Sfursat). It's like Amarone, in a sense, because they make it with "raisin-fied" grapes. Big, bold, powerful. Anyway, it's from Lombardia, the Valtellina region specifically. Made from Nebbiolo grapes, just like Barolo, Barbaresco, and Dolcetto.

If you see some, buy it. And let me know where you got it. Cheers.

Test entry

This is my first entry. How exciting.