Cutting The Big Cheese

Cutting The Big Cheese

Much like it's now hip to be a geek, it seems that the image of another common item in Los Angeles has gotten a make over and has become the latest in thing. Food Trucks are no longer considered roach coaches and eating at one is no longer looked down upon, but because of innovators like Kogi, they've become the latest craze. Spawning people to seek them out on social media tools like Twitter and waiting in hour long lines to place your order.

Considering my career has been in the film and television industry, I am no stranger to the food trucks. In fact, I have looked to them for ages to feed me during lunch and I look to them for cheap and delicious taco cravings. I was a long time supporter of the truck scene when the city took on a strange stance on trying to limit how long they could park in the unincorporated areas of L.A. to when they were fighting with Palos Verde residents on the same issue.



Now that they are hitting the streets as royalty, I suppose it'll be a good time to announce a new truck showing up to the scene. One that from the first of hearing their intention on I have been looking forward to trying. The Grilled Cheese truck is finally hitting the streets tonight!

After teasing us for weeks with amazing twitter updates highlighting some of their amazing foods, including their Mac & Rib Grilled Cheese first seen at the Grilled Cheese invitational, they finally are pulling up to the curb near you.. That is if you're near The Brig in Venice. And if you're not than you'll just have to make the trip. It's late and traffic shouldn't be bad at all. Scroll down and see the pictures and tell me with a straight face that this is not worth the trip.



Normally the spot for the Korean/Mexican fusion Kogi, The Grilled Cheese truck will be setting up base so you can finally try this comfort food starting tonight at their Grand.. opening of their truck shutters tonight at the World Famous Brig starting from 8:30 till 10. If there is any cheese left they'll move on to somewhere else, which you can follow them on their Twitter page to see where and when they'll be grilling.

After the Grilled Cheese Truck leaves the spot Kogi will be rolling in and if you haven't had some Korean BBQ tacos yet, it would be a good chance to try them out. So not only do you get to try something new, but you get to try a now classic street scene delicious food truck item all in one night. Just bring your hunger, some extra cash and you got yourself a combination of fusion food that your stomach will thank you for.



They first announced the news of this grand opening on Twitter with a surprising "Well, THE WAIT IS OVER AND IT'S TIME TO MELT! Who's busy Tuesday evening? Meet us on the Westside....? CheesyMac&Rib w/ some tots anyone?"

And while it was only limited to 140-characters, it was still news to drop everything for and prepare your appetite for. What else can you look forward to? Since man was not meant for grilled cheese alone, you can lick your lips for some dessert in the true grilled cheese fusion method in a Marshmallows, Nutella and Banana sandwich.



So come out and welcome Chef Dave Danhi and Executive Officer Michele as they bring about a new level of cheese to the LA truck scene. You'll not only get a great meal, but you'll also be in on the ground floor on the latest food truck in the city.

I hope to have an interview with David and Michele in the future about their new Cheesy venture, so be on the look for that soon as well as the whereabouts of The Grilled Cheese Truck, Tonight after the Brig in Venice and near a parking curb near you in the future.



You can find any news and updates for the Grilled Cheese Truck on their website
thegrilledcheesetruck.com and on their updated daily twitter page
twitter.com/grlldcheesetruk

The Brig is located at 1515 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291-3888
Official Website of The Brig

Photos via grlldcheesetruk twitpic page - All Rights Reserved

Bush Not Feeling The Blues.... Cheese

Bush Not Feeling The Blues.... Cheese



Bush doesn't care about cheese eaters. He just imposed a huge tariff on French cheese products.

The quintessential French blue cheese found itself the unlikely focus of a trade war after the Bush administration took punitive action for the European Union's ban on imports of US hormone-treated beef.

America imposed a 100 per cent import duty on a long list of EU products on Thursday, but singled roquefort out for a 300 per cent tariff.

Producers of what the French hail as the "king of cheeses" for its salty tang and creamy finish are furious at the move. They claimed that the action was a parting shot by a Bush administration still piqued by France's opposition to the Iraq war and that President George W Bush had taken his final revenge against a nation once maligned by Americans as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys".

"Roquefort is a French symbol and we're paying for its fame," said Robert Glandieres, president of producers of the cheese, which is made in the Midi-Pyrenees region from sheep's milk according to a 1,000-year-old tradition.

"Maybe the Bush administration indulged itself by making this decision just before it leaves – no doubt because we resisted it."

He added that the new duty would "chase Roquefort out of the American market altogether".

The newspaper Le Monde said that the US action meant that Mr Bush's presidency "will end on yet another crisis".

Well that's just petty. This is basically the perfect ending to this administration. Maybe I'm not looking at this adjectively enough. Perhaps this is just meant to stimulate domestic blue cheese production? One could hope as I do love cheese.

But at least I know where we stand now. If I go into Whole Foods now I can expect to have all the imported good shit bumped up in price. And when you factor in how much more it is in Whole Foods anyway before you bump it up, that's a lot of cash to shell out for something that's moldy and old. If you buy fancy cheese in America, you're letting Bush literally rape you. You gotta smuggle that shit bro.



The reason why American cheese doesn't compare to their Canadian and French counterparts is because the FDA requires all milk used in cheeses to be flash pasteurized. That's the main reason why I started an illegal Eggnog speakeasy in my basement. Big brother doesn't allow raw eggs to be used in Eggnog, even though that's how it traditionally was made.

So you're probably wondering why Europeans are so scared of hormone beef? It comes down to the two different mindsets.
Americans: Well there's nothing proven to be bad about injecting cows to the eyeballs with cocktails of growth hormones and shit
Europeans: Well there's nothing proven to be not bad about injecting cows to the eyeballs with cocktails of growth hormones and shit

But the EU is quite right to ban unhealthy, worthless crap like American mass produced beef. The amount of shit they put in our beef, I look at my steaks every time I make any sort of red meat product with a shifty eye wondering how much corn this cow has been fed. For those of you playing at home, Corn fed cows aren't the healthiest. They normally don't eat corn on the cob in their natural habitat.



I also have to wonder why the executive branch is allowed to just throw tariffs around whenever they want. I mean, shouldn't there be some sort of checks and balances in there? Let's take a look at what else they've been charging higher import fees on.

The U.S. will continue to charge higher import fees on many targeted goods such as Roquefort cheese and truffles. It has now added dozens of new products from pork, poultry and beef cuts to types of oats, sausages, mineral water and chewing gum.

In exchange it has dropped some types of onions, carrots, Dijon mustard and other products.

Wow. That list is rather long and well, I really want some imported sausages. The stuff we have here is often very poor in quality. And they charge on mineral water? seriously? Chewing gum? What the hell are we wasting our tariffs laws on?

American cheese is basically recycling the parts that would get tossed out anyway. I suppose if you think about it, it looks like we are the ones who care more about the environment. If you want a truly American dining experience with good cheese in America, you have to visit an exotic place called..... The Olive Garden, When you're here you're Family®



Scratch that. There's an Olive Garden in Los Angeles near Beverly Hills. Looking at it makes me very angry. Why would you eat at the Olive Garden in Los Angeles? Why would you eat at the fucking Olive Garden in Los Angeles?!

You have so many highly rated places to stuff your mouth and you're eating at the Olive Garden? You know what, you people don't deserve good blue cheese! I'm glad Bush did this. It just puts you Olive Garden eaters out of the price market for GOOD cheese. No need to waste the good stuff on you lot. That's for damn sure!