If you are looking for an elegant French appetizer that is easy to prepare, the baked camembert is it. Soft and creamy, it is slightly tangy but still mild enough to not overwhelm. It can go well as a starter…
Just imagine a cold winter evening, after a long day of skiing in the Alps mountains. Alright, you don't need to be in the mountains, but if you are spending a wintery evening at home with family and friends, this…
You know the weather is starting to get cold in when a French person invites you over for a raclette. Note: Raclette may be Swiss, but France is the land of 1600 kinds of cheese. So it is no wonder…
There are over 1600 types of French cheeses, but never fear, we are not going to cover them all. I'm sure none of us want to read a 20-volume encyclopedia on cheese. So to pick the cream of the crop…
The secret to a perfect French cheese board isn't your shopping ability to find a wooden board or platter of the right dimensions. French gastronomic experts may say that presentation is key when serving food, but in this case, it…
You will notice I said "how to cut cheese", not "cut the cheese". I say this because my grammar-checker is currently trying to tell me I'm writing it incorrectly. Grammatical issues aside, there is an art to cutting French cheeses…
You may not have realized that there was a full set of french etiquette rules just for cheese, but now you know. The cheese course is a mainstay in France. So it stands to reason that there is a certain…