Salad of Pears, Candied Pecans & Blue Cheese (& Winners!)

It's winter time. That means pears. I never know which pear is what and which pear tastes best. Anjou, Comice, Red, Bartlett. I am not a huge fan, so I have never done the pear taste test. In this salad, I combined 3 different varieties. Normally, I would add candied walnuts to this salad. But my neighbor Valerie makes the most addictive candied pecans for Christmas, which I don't usually