Before the spring is here in full force, and our thoughts turn to lighter flavours, there is still some time to enjoy a nibble of blue cheese with the last drips of your wine from dinner. Something about the winter weather seems less dreary when you have
This is sort of a funny cheese for me to write about. I don't usually advertise it, but goat cheese is not my favourite. It's a very sad situation for a cheese lady to be in. I want to love them, and I try them often, but some goat cheeses really don't
Roquefort is probably the best known and the possibly the most misunderstood of blue cheeses from France. We all know the name, but do we know to what precise specifications this AOC gem is made? Roquefort is made from fresh sheep's milk, taken from
Pecorino is the Italian word for sheep's milk cheese. As you can imagine the style varies greatly depending on terrain and feed for the sheep, cheese making techniques and aging. There are hundreds of pecorinos made in Italy and it is truly amazing how
14 Arpents is one of my current favourites in the ever expanding world of Canadian cheeses. Fromagerie Médard makes all of its cheeses on site, at their dairy farm located along the shores of Lac-St-Jean. The farm has been in the family for