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Anyone who has spent a fair amount of time in Berkeley and has eaten more than two meals there knows the Cheese Board. Owned and operated by the workers, in true Berkeley style, it is a fantastic cheese shop and bakery, with a pizza place next door that has lines down the block at lunch and dinner. The Cheese Board is the kind of place that locals go to on a near-daily basis and others take trips out of their way to stop in.
But stopping in isn't an option, particularly if you live nowhere near the SF Bay Area. If you want to try your hand at some of their products at home, The Cheese Board: Collective Works is definitely the book to get. It has recipes for some of their most popular items, including currant scones, bran muffins and lots of their famous breads. The quick pastry items, such as the scones, are much easier and less time-intensive than the bread recipes, but their instructions are comprehensive and you will achieve good results if you put in the time it takes to work through the recipes. Aside from the breads, the book also has a cheese guide and a history of the co-op, which was founded in 1967 and has become a Bay Area institution in the time since then.
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8-30-2006 @8:52AM Ash said... The Cheese Board became a collective a few years later, and Chez Panisse opened across the street, giving birth to one of the country’s most vibrant food neighborhoods, the epicenter of California’s culinary revolution.
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8-30-2006 @9:18AM Taras said... thanks for this information
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8-30-2006 @11:16AM C(h)ristine said... so glad you mentioned this book--it is one of my FAVORITE cookbooks! their scone and brioche recipes are to die for.
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8-31-2006 @1:19AM Marc said... The pizza baking method described in the cookbook helped me improve my home pizza making dramatically. The method involves baking the pizza in three ways: first on a cookie sheet, then directly on the rack, and finally on the pizza stone. It gives the crust just the right amount of crispiness.
The cherry-cornmeal scones are sublime, and easy to make at home.
An interesting podcast that includes some more history of the Cheeseboard can be found at Eat Feed ( http://eatfeed.com/shows/5-2-california.htm ).
And for lovers of their pizza (the best thin crust in the Bay Area, IMHO), you can also get it at shops called "Arizmendi" in Emeryville, Oakland, and in the Sunset district in San Francisco.
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