Getting To Know French Cheese
Creamy, semi-soft, hard, cow, sheep, goat....so many cheeses to choose from! I love cheese. Who doesn't? And, like wine, when you have really good cheese, you can taste its terroir, where it is from. But, it can be intimidating or overwhelming when it comes to really understanding French cheese. There are 350-400 types of French cheese, and with many varieties within each type, there may be more than 1000 different types of French cheese.
Have no fear! Cheeses of Europe and the French Cheese Board are here to help. Their mission is to create awareness about the variety of the cheeses of France available on the US market and the multiple ways that American consumers can incorporate the cheeses into their diets, their recipes and their lifestyles. One of the ways they do this is by creating pop-up stores in cities, like they did recently in Santa Monica. An outdoor pop-up store was created in the center of Santa Monica Place and for one day consumers could taste cheese (for free) and buy cheese (at great prices).
Here are some of the cheeses we tasted and learned about:
20 January, 2015
As this song continues in your mind, you might be thinking about your favorite childhood food. Who doesn't love peanut butter (except those with allergies, sorry!)? Did you know that the creamy, nutty spread that we loved with apples, bananas, celery, jelly and more is the #2 food in America (bacon is #1)?
