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The whole fromage : adventures in the delectable world of French cheese / Kathe Lison.

by Lison, Kathe.

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Broadway Books, [2013]

Lison, Kathe -- Travel -- France.

Journalists -- United States -- Biography.

Cheese -- France -- History.

Cheese -- Varieties -- France.

Food habits -- France.

France -- Description and travel.

9780307452061 (pbk.)

0307452069 (pbk.)

274 pages : map ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliograpical references (pages 254-255) and index.

A Cheesehead Confronts Paradise -- Dream a Little Dream of Cheese -- The Dilemma of Milk -- A Little Goat Cheese -- Cheese Is a Battlefield -- High on a Hill -- Big Fruit -- Bastard Caves and Rotten Bread -- The Old Sheepherder -- Coda: Joyeuses Cheese Fetes.

"The French, sans doute, love their fromages. And there's much to love: hundreds of gloriously pungent varieties--crumbly, creamy, buttery, even shot through with bottle-green mold. So many varieties, in fact, that the aspiring gourmand may wonder: How does one make sense of it all? Kathe Lison sets out to learn what makes French cheese so remarkable. Her journey takes her to cheese caves tucked within the craggy volcanic rock of Auvergne, to a centuries-old monastery in the French Alps, and to the farmlands that keep cheesemaking traditions alive. She meets the dairy scientists, shepherds, and affineurs who make up the world of modern French cheese, and whose lifestyles and philosophies are as varied and flavorful as the delicacies they produce. Most delicious of all, she meets the cheeses themselves--from spruce-wrapped Mont d'Or, so gooey it's best eaten with a spoon; to luminous Beaufort, redolent of Alpine grasses and wildflowers, a single round of which can weigh as much as a Saint Bernard; to Camembert, invented in Normandy but beloved and imitated across the world. With writing as piquant and rich as a well-aged Roquefort, as charming as a tender springtime chèvre, and yet as unsentimental as a stinky Maroilles, The Whole Fromage is a tasty exploration of one of the great culinary treasures of France"--Provided by publisher.

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