A flavourful and approachable washed rind cheese. Cheese Name: Langres AOP Origin: Champagne, France Milk Type: cow’s milk – raw or pasteurized Style: Langres is a soft, strong, washed rind cheese. Description: Langres
It’s been an interesting past 12 months in the food industry. With labour shortages across the country, and transportation costs skyrocketing, we’ve already started to see some price increases in 2022, with more to come. So, what better
It’s always fun at this time to think back over the things we enjoyed about the past year. Although we had some transportation issues locally and some unexpected situations with imports, we still managed to have a rotation of delicious cheeses in
Now that the holidays are approaching, and we can see a few of our friends, I thought I'd talk about my favourite way to build a nice cheese platter. I tend towards the theory that 'less is more' for cheese selections as in less selection, slightly
These aren’t descriptors of the taste of cheese, as those are much more subjective. The glossary series will contain terms describing the science, care, and preparation of cheese. This will come in handy to describe what you’re looking for
Cheese Name: Bleu d’Auvergne Origin: Auvergne, France Milk Type: Pasteurized or unpasteurized cow’s milk Style: Creamy blue veined cheese Description: Bleu d’Auvergne is an AOP designated cheese from the South-Central area
A new affordable addition to your cheddar repertoire. Cheese Name: Tickler Origin: UK / Canada Milk Type: Cow’s milk Style: Aged Cheddar Description: Tickler is a relatively new cheese, developed in the UK. The cheese is made
What's trending in cheese now (hint, truffle). Cheese Trends: This has been an amazing, puzzling year. None of us could have predicted the chaos that would ensue during the Covid pandemic. It changed all of our habits, including work, travel, socializing
A tasty cheddar substitute, so to speak, for your Holiday entertaining is White Fox. It looks like cheddar but it comes with more gravitas. Cheese Name: White Fox Origin: Made by Belton Farms in Shropshire, UK. Milk Type: Pasteurized
This is the perfect weather for a glass of Port and a slice of Saint Agur. Cheese Name: Saint Agur Origin: Saint Agur is made by the Compagnie Fromagère de la Vallèe l’Ance in the town of Beauzac in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
Add this washed rind mountain cheese to your regular repertoire. Cheese Name: Vacherin, by Fruitières Chabret, where the term Fruitières in the Savoie and Franche-Comtè regions designate a mountain dairy. Origin: This version
A great match for a glass of one your favourite local pinot noirs. Cheese Name: Prima Donna Maturo Origin: Made by the Vandersterre Group in The Netherlands Milk Type: Cow’s milk Style: Prima Donna is an aged hard cheese. The idea
Try this cheese from Leicestershire at your next picnic. Cheese Name: Rutland Red Origin: Leicestershire, UK Milk Type: Pasteurized cow’s milk Style: Rutland Red Description: Rutland Red is a traditional clothbound version of
Look east for this special summery cheese. Cheese Name: Buchevrette Origin: The farm is in Papineauville Quebec, which is located mid-way in between Ottawa and Montreal Milk Type: Goat’s milk Style: Buchevrette is a soft-ripened
Possibly one of the most unique looking cheeses made in Canada, with the flavour to match. Cheese Name: Le Ballot Origin: Made by Fromagerie Rang 9 in Plessisville, Quebec, by the Dubois Family. Their principles, determination, entrepreneurship,