Among the side dishes delivered to the table, a basket of cheese bread (pão de queijo) was irresistible.
In the U.S., those increases have resulted in grocery store goods costing 6.9% more in the first quarter than they did a year earlier, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which measures a standard basket of cheese, meats and other items.
While you certainly can order that basket of cheese fries and plate of fettuccine alfredo, eat only a serving size.
It was from the owner of a dairy conglomerate, and it arrived with a grand basket of cheeses.
To begin with, she brought two bottles of wine, as well as a "hostess gift" consisting of a large basket of gourmet cheeses, jams and syrups.
Tiny, pre-dinner snacks of finely hewn smoked haddock tart and a basket of fresh, sticky cheese rolls appear, then an excellent, and minuscule, taster of pumpkin soup.
We will leave in plenty of time to catch the sunset at Menemsha with a thermos of gin and tonics, a basket of crackers and cheese -- my father hoping, as always, for a chance encounter with Spike Lee.
After a guided tour of the mines, which lie 155m underground, guests are provided with a basket of refreshments, including cheese, biscuits, fruit, sparkling wine and chocolate, and left to enjoy the peace and solitude of the world's deepest hotel room.
As if on cue, a woman of about 60, wearing a head scarf, rushes up with a basket of freshly baked cheese scones, to offer to the journalists outside the hall.
"I see this as a market" where people can pick up or order delivery of picnic baskets of nut cheeses and crackers or take some to a dinner party, she says.
I got a basket with crackers, a sliver of cheese and other odds and ends.
