Archive for the 'Cheese' Category

“How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?” Charles de Gaulle

Trying to Categorize Cheeses The final installment in my intro to Cheese Series. There is no one set of rules by which to categorize the world’s cheeses. After thousands of years of cheese-making , we still are unable to agree on one set of rules, and here is why ! Some factors are very difficult [...]

“Well , and what’s Cheese ? Corpse of Milk!” (James Joyce)

The Cheese Series- Second Chapter How cheeses are made There are countless nuances to Cheese making, hence, Different countries produce different cheeses , which reflect the country’s Terroir , traditions and even mentality. Each one of the steps in the process is crucial to the end result ,the way the curds are cut will determine [...]

Cheese: 8000 years in the making! The first chapter in our love affair with manipulating milk

Cheese is one of the most uniquely varied and refined foods in the world. So meticulously formed and perfected in specific regions, we seek them out by origin and romanticize the process and the people making it. We want our Brie and Camembert to be from Îsle-de-France, our Gouda from Holland, our Parmigiano Reggiano from [...]