::bread & cheese::

"When the kettle began to boil, he put a big piece of cheese on a long iron fork. He moved it this way and that, until it was a golden yellow on all sides. Heidi looked on with eagerness. Suddenly she jumped up and ran to the cupboard, and kept going back and forth. When the grandfather brought the toasted cheese to the table, it was already nicely laid with the round loaf of bread, two plates, and two knives, for Heidi had noticed everything in the cupboard and knew that all would be needed for the meal."
Heidi, Chapter 2

Recipe for Cheese & Apple Toasts

1 fresh tart apple
3 slices sandwich bread
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Peel and core the apple and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
Arrange apple slices on bread, cover with grated cheese,
and toast in broiler or toaster oven until cheese melts.
Cut into triangles and serve.
Makes 12 small toasts.

Schweizer Züpfe is a braided Swiss milk bread that is beautiful to look at and delicious to eat.
Do you know how to set the table? These table setting placemats might help if you don't.
Click here to read about Shelburne Farms in Vermont, where they have a herd of about 125 Brown Swiss cows and make a lot of yummy cheese.
Here is a recipe for Swiss Scones.

A Swiss cow coming down from the mountains at the end of summer.

Here is a milk-based version of classic Swiss cheese fondue. And here is the traditional grownup version.
The World Championship Cheese Contest occurs every two years. Do you know which cheese is the current champ?
Do you know how
to make a dessert
called a "Purple Cow"? Fill glasses 2/3 full with grape juice or grape soda. Add two scoops of ice cream to each glass. Voila!