Alamy this feature is from country living magazine. In the latest in our people versus series, sometime blur bassist alex james answers your questions. Six of the nine cheeses which blur bassist and dairy farmer alex james devised for high street supermarket asda have been withdrawn from sale a spokesperson for asda via the daily star. Buy alex james cheese blur glastonbury cheese at pong cheese. All cheeses great and small is the followup memoir to alex james s first book, bi. Blue monday is a silver foil wrapped segment of cheese of 180g. Having been at uni in the 90s, i was so excited to read this book and get an. White lake dairy solstice cheese washed in brandy cider.
The alex james cheese hub the doubledecker disco is back for another epic year. For alex james, music had always been a door to a more exciting life. It has a natural acidity and an almost mousselike texture. T hor sent 150 hells angels to escort us from the airport into reykjavik, wrote alex james in his.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Along with his association with the band blur, he is well known for his cheese. Alex s blue monday, the product of six years hard work on a cheeseboard you just need variety alex would go for a hard cheese like a good cheddar, a blue cheese, like blue monday obviously, a soft white like a camembert, a washed rind cheese like a munster or a stinking bishop and something made something non cow like a sheeps milk cheese or chevre. Pair it with a slice of alex james presents rich, indulgent, semisoft goddess cheese with rind washed in cider brandy, for that lazy summer afternoon picnic snack. James has worked with actor keith allen, artist damien hirst, stephen duffy, marianne faithfull, jane mcdonald, florence and the machine and gene loves jezebel.
When its on song, blue monday is a soft, creamy blue cheese with strong blue veining which delivers a smooth, satisfying piquancy to the palate. The family live in kingham in oxfordshire on a 200acre 0. This is the story of alex james s transition from a leading light of the britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese maker and father of five. Cheese from rocks greatest cheese lover, we bring you his full range of cheeses and related products. Alex james is set to release a new memoir following his book bit of a blur, titled all cheeses great and small. One chapter i really loved from the first book was when they get their kid, and alex s trip at the supermarket with his son was super funny. Originally named after alex s favourite new order song, blue monday. A gorgeously decadent blue cheese from stable of rock star turned cheese producer, blurs alex james. Who is alex james, whats the exblur bassists net worth.
Alex james bio, age, family, blur, cheese, farleigh wallop. Farleigh wallop and little wallop alex james cheese. And the principal reason my memory of the first few chapters is a wee bit hazy. The alex james great british cheeseboard, launched this week, comprises six premium complementary british cheeses numbered 1 to 6, making up what james claimed was the uks first branded. Alex james chats about working in kentucky fried chicken never mind the buzzcocks bbc two duration. Alex james launches great british cheeseboard in ocado. Find your favourite groceries, household essentials, and our low price promise at, the online supermarket. Joking aside its a rare and honest book thatll always stand out to me in the genre of music autobiographies. Pong cheese buy cheese gifts cheese subscriptions cheese. Blur were really huge in the nineties they still are his excessive pop star lifestyle was succesfully described in his first book called a bit of blur but alex grew up, fell in love and got married. Published may 28th 2008 by little, brown book group first published may 28th 2007. Alex james was a well known face on the britpop scene in the 90s.
The current storm in a teacup that has hit the cheese world this week has definitely been the launch of alex james ex bassist of blur who is now lending his name and media profile to launching different cheeses just in case anyone doesnt realise new range of cheeses in asda which seem to include cheese slices flavoured with tomato ketchup, salad cream and chicken tikka as well as a bag of. But, as we learnt in his first book, a bit of a blur, he spent as he went. Apparently, alex james isnt only about bands and stripping for cosmo. I have the feeling a young alex james would have approved though. Our host will be throwing the ultimate party within a party with a range of special guest djs and worldbeating cheese.
A very good alternative to the french epoisse and a huge favourite with british cheese fans. I felt wonderfully connected, grounded in the real world, standing in pig muck. This form collects your name and email so that we can reply to your comment or message. Alex james wants you to buy cheese 08 october 2011. But nowadays he is more known for making cheese heres what we know. The big feastival is a threeday festival celebrating good food, good music and good times for all the family on alex james idyllic farm in the heart of the cotswolds. Alex writes of his introduction to music, early life, parklife, midlife, farmlife, and cheese of course. Alex james was born on november 21, 1968 in boscombe, dorset, england as steven alexander james. Rich guernsey milk cheese washed with somerset cider brandy. We will not pass your details to any other third party. Very recently in september 2011, alex launched a new range of cheese which, according to. I was hanging around the pigsty in the way id previously hung around at the groucho club. Alex james all i think about is cheese and children.
Best known as the bassist of the band blur, alex james is an english musician, songwriter and journalist. If there was a face of british cheese, alex james would like to be it. He has also written a book, cocaine alex james in columbia, in which he discovers the true cost of the drug on the people involved in its production and trafficking. Blurs alex james cooks cricket clambake and meringue with green ants in western australia in his new food network show, the bassist turned cheese maker pairs ups with punk rock chef matt stone. Solstice cheese is a delectable semisoft cheese made with rich guernsey cows milk. Joking aside its a rare and honest book thatll always stand out to. It offers pungent and citrus flavour and a super creamy, buttery texture when aged. Farleigh wallop and little wallop are both goat cheeses, made in complete 115g rounds. All cheeses great and small audiobook by alex james.
Pop star turned cheesemaker alex james says theres nothing mild about his new rivals. He even won an award, during the 2008 british cheese awards, for producing the best goats cheese. Contact us alex james alex james alex james website. Blur bassist and awardwinning cheesemaker alex james has rebranded and extended his cheese range and picked up a national listing with ocado. Alex james blurs cheese, farming and being a rockstar in new book blurballs throws you the latest blur news, keeping the world updated on all things blur, damon, graham and gorillaz. Alex james goats cheese is particularly fresh and delicate. Reading through bit of a blur was a rather pleasant book front to back.
Alex james blurs cheese, farming and being a rockstar in. Alex james was the bass guitarist in the nineties band blur, a life he chronicled with great success in his first book, bit of a blur. Alex james blue monday the cotswold cheese company ltd. Blur are back together, but alex s heart remains in cheese. Alex james s new memoir proves him to be britains premier cheese bore all cheeses great and small describes the blur bassists purchase of. The blue cheese i tried a couple of weeks ago was sensational, so i thought some more of alex james cheeses might be worth a look. Helen brown finds the former blur man alex jamess cheesy idyll too. How alex james turned a sprawling ruin into his dream home. Alex jamess new memoir proves him to be britains premier. Made for alex james presents by shepherds purse cheese ltd. With a fantastic line up of great music from the uks biggest artists, incredible cooking from michelin star chefs, awardwinning street food for all the foodies or family. All cheeses great and small is the followup memoir to alex james s first book, bit of a blur, the story of his excessive pop star lifestyle during the nineties.
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