Blue cheese and pear snacks for wine lovers

Ingredients

• 1/2 baguette, a day-old baguette works the best,
• 1 soft pear,
• 1/2 pound of any hard blue cheese--it can be Bleu d'Auvergne or Stilton,
• 1/2 stick of butter,
• 1/2 cup of walnuts.