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The sad end of the Camembert wars: why the beloved French cheese has had an identity crisis

As the world‘s cheese industry arrives in Paris for the Salon du Fromage, the dairy industry’s premier trade show, decisions made by the French government last week mean that the best Camembert should now be considered an endangered species.The compromises made at the 21 February meeting of the Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO), the French government agency that administers appellations for food and drink, have brought nearly 20 years of conflict over Camembert cheese to an end [ . . . ]

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Great French cheese robbery: A ton of ‘fromage’ is taken from cellar while owner slept nearby


The cheese was worth around €10,000.

A cheese maker in France has almost a ton of premium product stolen from the cellar in the dead of night as thieves evaded capture while the owner was sleeping nearby. Continue reading “Great French cheese robbery: A ton of ‘fromage’ is taken from cellar while owner slept nearby” →

Raw power! Why we need a campaign for real cheese

The vast majority of cheese is mass-produced from milk pooled from mega-dairies. There is just one British producer of traditional farmhouse lancashire and a handful producing cheddar. Can the real deal make a comeback?

Grated. Soft. Cottage. Cheddar. The supermarket dairy aisle just isn’t representative of the whopping 700 varieties of cheese produced in Britain today. But Sharpham Cheese by the River Dart in south Devon is a world away from mass production. Here, a range of 14 “real” cheeses are handmade on a small scale from the milk of goats, Jersey cows and sheep.

“You can taste the richness of each milk,” says managing director Mark Sharman as he cuts into the original Sharpham, first produced in 1981. “This soft, creamy cheese finishes with a lactic acid tang and a chicory-like bitterness.” Then there’s the dense, slightly crumbly, “almost lemony fresh” Ticklemore goat’s cheese; the indulgent triple-cream Elmhirst that smells of fresh grassy pastures; and the award-winning Cremet, goat’s cheese with added cow’s milk cream – divine [ . . . ] More: Raw power! Why we need a campaign for real cheese

5 French Cheeses That Should Be on Your Next Cheese Board 

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The staff at Pas De Merde eat cheese all day and not one of us is fat.

In some circles, Roland Barthélemy is known as The Pope of Cheese. Owner of the highly acclaimed acclaimed Fromagerie Barthélemy in the heart of Paris, he has a leadership role in La Guilde Internationale des Fromagers and helped bring the cheese trade into the Concours de Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (France’s prestigious professional competition). He’s also a cheese diplomat—his title, specifically, being Ambassador of the French Patrimony of Cheese [ . . . ]

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