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September 2011

Chaumes

Up on the tasting block for tonight is Chaumes, a soft ripened cheese from southwest France that was inspired by Trappist-style cheeses.  This soft cheese has a washed rind that is bright orange with a soft yellow, almost ivory colored flesh. The flesh is rubbery to the touch but smooth and almost creamy in the [...]

No, really. I’m back

Well, I could tell you everything that’s been going on with me here,  but it’s not about cheese. Suffice it to say, life throws curve balls at you which leaves little room for tasting cheese. So, here we go.  I’ll be popping into the cheese monger this weekend to see what sort of tasty morsels [...]