Category Archives: Meeting Announcements

Queso Diego September Meeting Announcement

September 19th 2023 Queso Diego Meeting
Potluck at 6:30 & Meeting at 7:00

AleSmith Brewery
9990 AleSmith Ct.
San Diego, CA 92126

We have a cheesy sweet surprise for next week’s meeting. “Dessert Cheese” anyone? Yes that’s right, Ed will be presenting this delicious topic along with 6 of our members who are preparing special dessert cheese recipes for all to share. You won’t want to miss this one.

We will enjoy our potluck and socializing prior to the meeting. Since we are serving desserts as a topic, consider bringing a non-dessert dish for the potluck.

Members are encouraged to bring homemade brews and cheese. If you do bring something for the club to enjoy, please provide everyone with a short description about it prior to the commencement of the potluck.

Once again, board elections are in November, so if anyone is interested in serving on the board let us know. The club has specific needs for Treasurer and Education.

Please remember to bring a chair, looking forward to seeing you!

Queso Diego August Meeting Announcement

August 15th 2023 Queso Diego Meeting

AleSmith Brewery
9990 AleSmith Ct.
San Diego, CA 92126

We are excited that Moroccan chef and cookbook author, Kitty Morse, will be joining us for the August Meeting of Queso Diego at 6:30PM on August 15th in the Barrel Room at AleSmith Brewing Co. Kitty is a wonderful storyteller and the author of many cookbooks including “Mint Tea and Minarets”, a fascinating cookbook that combines autobiographical accounts of her upbringing in Morroco and traditional recipes from her childhood. She will discuss that book as well as her newest cookbook, “Bitter Sweet”, based upon the diary of her great grandfather recounting the impact of WWII in Alsace, France, and her great grandmother’s cookbook with Alsatian recipes from that era. She will also have both books available for sale and signing.

Members of the club will be cooking dishes from those cookbooks to accompany Kitty’s presentation and making cheese from those regions. If you would like to bring French or Moroccan food or cheese for the potluck, that would enrich the experience.

The potluck begins at 6:30 and meeting at 7:00. Please bring a dish to share. Homemade cheese and homemade brews are encouraged.

The Cross-Club picnic has been scheduled for August 19th. Details to be emailed.

Once again, It’s still early but board elections are in November, so if anyone is interested in serving on the board let us know and feel free to join the next board meeting on September 12th.

Please remember to bring a chair, looking forward to seeing you!

Queso Diego July 2023 Meeting Announcement

Hello Queso Diegans,

July Queso Diego Meeting
July 18th 2023, 6:30 PM
AleSmith Brewery
9990 AleSmith Ct.
San Diego, CA 92126

The meeting is “Nordic Cheese”

Have you ever wondered what kind of cheese Vikings ate? The Nordic countries consist of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Aland. One of our members has recently been to Sweden and has brought back some cheese to share.

The potluck begins at 6:30 and meeting at 7:00. Please bring a dish to share. Homemade cheese and homemade brew are encouraged.

The cross club picnic has been scheduled for August 19th and will be taking place at Mt. Acadia Neighborhood Park.

It’s still early but board elections are in November, so if anyone is interested in serving on the board let us know and feel free to join the next board meeting on September 12th.

Finally, Members, if you need anything from the Library of Cheesemaking, please request prior to any upcoming meeting for delivery at the meeting. Be sure to check the list of offerings and send an email to QD-Library-Request@googlegroups.com.

Please remember to bring a chair, looking forward to seeing you!

Queso Diego June Meeting Announcement

June Queso Diego Meeting
June 20th 2023, 6:30 PM
AleSmith Brewery
9990 AleSmith Ct.
San Diego, CA 92126

The meeting is “Cheese Bingo”

It’s exciting just to be a member of Queso Diego, but “Cheese Bingo” What!!!! Yes a cheese bingo game with tons of fun and prizes. This bingo game will combine knowledge about cheese making with our favorite activity, EATING CHEESE! There will be prizes for the winners, but that will not be the only way to win.

Please be sure to bring a cell phone, tablet or laptop. The game will be played on your device. AleSmith has Wi-Fi for devices without cellular service. We will be playing in groups of 3-4 people. Only one device is required for each group but everyone who wants to will be able to play their own bingo card. Every card will be unique.

It will be our usual potluck so bring something to share.

Please remember to bring a chair, looking forward to seeing you!

Queso Diego May Meeting Announcement

May Queso Diego Meeting
May 16th 2023, 6:30 PM
AleSmith Brewery
9990 AleSmith Ct.
San Diego, CA 92126

The meeting topic is “Liquid City Cheese Follow Up”

As some of you may know the Liquid City event was a couple of weekends ago. Many Queso Diego members volunteered and helped out with the event. When many of the cheese vendors travel home they prefer not to take all of the cheese back with them. Our club benefitted from the excess baggage and was given a good amount of the cheese.

We will be talking about the different cheese we inherited and sampling them all, so bring your cheese appetite. We will also be raffling off some this cheese, so be sure to come for some fun.

We will be having our normal potluck, so bring something to share.

Please remember to bring a chair and homemade beers, ciders, meads, and wine are always welcome. Looking forward to seeing you then!

Queso Diego April Meeting Announcement – Grilled Cheese!

April Queso Diego Meeting
April 18th 2023, 6:30 PM
AleSmith Brewery
9990 AleSmith Ct.
San Diego, CA 92126

The meeting is “Grilled Cheese Making Extravaganza”

This is our annual Grilled Cheese making and sharing party. An event not to be missed. Create your best grilled cheese sandwich or whatever side you would like to share with the club.

It is best to bring your food prepared to be cooked. Members in the past have brought camp stoves, chafing dishes and other non electric apparatus to warm your food, if you don’t have anything, I am sure there will be people to share theirs. Small folding tables work well for this so if you have one, it would be beneficial to bring it.

Please remember to bring a chair and homemade beers, ciders, meads and wine are always welcome. Looking forward to seeing you then!