Category: Cheese
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Comté: A Thousand Years of Flavor
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Comté cheese has been made in the Jura Mountains of France for over 1,000 years. Aged in massive wheels, it ranges from buttery and mild to crystalline and complex — and it was the cheese that hooked me on French cheese forever.
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Traveling with Cheese: How to Enjoy It Now, Later, and Back Home
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When you buy cheese while traveling, you face a choice: eat it now, enjoy it during the trip, or bring it home. From hotel mini-fridges to vacuum sealing and customs tips, here’s how I travel with cheese — and why I once checked 12 pounds of it in my luggage.
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Where to Start if You’re a Cheese Newbie: Ask the Expert
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In Paris, a cheesemonger asked me when I’d be eating my cheese before picking the perfect one from the stack. That moment taught me the best way to start if you’re a cheese newbie: ask the expert. From Paris to Edinburgh to Stornoway, here’s how letting the cheesemonger choose opens…
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A Visit to a Dutch Cheese Farm
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As part of my first trip abroad, our group tour left us in Amsterdam for the morning and then whisked us out into the countryside. The destination? A family-run cheese farm. The setup was modest but well-loved, with a demo area where a young man — cheerful, thick accent and…