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 [...]
Well, ’tis the season for cheese and cranberries. One of my favorites is the White Stilton with Cranberries, so I gave this other cheese a try. For me, it was very inferior to the Stilton. This texture of the Somerdale was soft but grainy and had way too many cranberries in it. It’s very sweet [...]
Well, I may have come across another cheese to add to my favorites list. Not only is this cheese lovely to look at because of the pattern in the rind, it has a deep buttery flavor and dry, flaky texture. The color of the cheese was pale yellow. The overwhelming flavor that came to mind [...]
Mmmm. Ok, it happened again. I met another cheese I did not like. I wanted to like it, really I did, but I was immediately put off by the very strong, very ripe aroma. This French AOC semi-soft cheese is made by Les Monts De Joux and is apparently, (according to my cheesemonger), about to [...]