Whole Milk : Adapting to variations ➜ Working with whole milk, a living material whose composition can fluctuate throughout the year, requires a certain savoir-faire. While the (...) Assessing gel firmness prior to cutting ➜ Process. Cutting at the right moment to achieve consistency and yield.
Crottin de Chavignol : Updated ➜ A new set of specifications is on the horizon for this small goat cheese from the Berry, a sure value among the French AOPs. With obligations to work upstream to secure the chain of production. ➜ A technicolor cheese ➜ The Crottin de Chavignol in all its forms ➜ The pre-drainage technique
“Penicillium camemberti” : The story of a death foretold ➜ Research. An as-yet unpublished scientific study traces the evolution of the reigning queen of traditional Camembert’s flora, Penicillium camemberti. It reveals that it’s actually a mutation, selected and propagated by humans for its pure whiteness, then domesticated as a clone… and doomed, for this reason, to inevitably fail and disappear. ➜ Culture producers : “We all have the same ancestry” ➜ Webconference upon “Penicillium Camemberti”
Fromagerie Quatrehomme : Surrounded by cheese ➜ Maxime and Nathalie Quatrehomme chose to open their fifth boutique, at the close of 2020, on the rue des Martyrs, a very competitive market street at the foot of Montmartre. How many cheeses ?!? ➜ Restaurateur by training, Michaël Belissa has been a cheesemonger and restaurateur in Clichy since 2015. (“Fromagerie Belisson” and “Place des Fêtes”)
Camembert : The drama continues for the new president of the AOP’s governing body ➜ Benoît Duval, 47, milk producer among the patchwork hedgerow fields of the Bocage Ornais (Orne) in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume, between Flers and (...) Mondial of Tours rescheduled for September ➜ In parallel with the physical salon, a virtual salon will be offered for those visitors who may not be able to travel due to Covid. Foundation for Cheese Biodiversity ➜ Rendez-vous at the Mondial Short Takes ➜ initiatives ➜ The Fédération des Fromagers de France (FFF, the French Cheese Retailer’s Federation) has launched its Social Responsibility (...)
