Balsamic Baked Pears with Cashew Blue Cheese

Dim the lights, break open a bottle of (vegan) wine, and turn on some soft jazz (something circa 1995). It’s time for some sexy balsamic-roasted pears, stuffed with cashew blue cheese and topped with “honey” and crunchy pistachios. This blue cheese gets its creaminess from cashews; its tangy bite from lemon juice, miso, and ume plum vinegar; and its little blue-green streaks from a dash of spirulina. Blue cheese has many applications: topping burgers, crumbled in salads, shown off on fancy