Up Close and Personal with Raw Milk ➜ DNA. From pasture to mature cheese, we are beginning to understand the evolution of microbial ecosystems thanks to the development of genomic exploration tools. And thus, we are beginning to truly understand how the microflora of terroir are expressed in cheese. ➜ Raw milk creates more intense aromas ➜ From Terroir to Taste: Comté ➜ Milk poor in microbes: How problematic? ➜ Techniques that boost terroir? ➜ Native strain libraries: an alternative solution
The Process Control Chart: A How-To Guide ➜ Valuable tool for management and guidance, simple to implement, the process control chart provides alerts of the effects of process mishaps, avoiding later problems. ➜ How to create a control chart to specifications in 6 steps
Ripening Roquefort type cheese ➜ Blue Cheeses with large cavities ➜ The testimony of Delphine Carles Accidents with blue mold ➜ Invasive small spots, frequently found on insufficiently dried cheeses.
The entries for the Lyre d’Or competition ➜ Thirteen candidates competed in the Lyre d’Or (Golden Harp) competition this past February 26. Their task: create, live and in public, a monumental cheese platter presentation with a theme: "cheese platter for a wedding for 50 people." ➜ Maid of Honor
The Sun Shines on Brousse du Rove ➜ Recognition. This heritage cheese from the south of France, with its tradition of woodland pastoralism, made by a tiny handful of producers, was becoming increasingly rare. The quest for an AOP label should help protect this special goat cheese.
Chic Cheese! ➜ A New Hat. Parisian cheesemonger Laurent Dubois jumps into the restaurant business with prestige at Printemps in Paris’ chic shopping district on Boulevard Haussmann. The Soul of the Savoie in Paris ➜ Pierre Gay, in association with Darmien Richardot, has just opened a cheese boutique-restaurant (100 covers) in the 9th arrondissement in Paris.
The Norman Compromise ➜ A single AOP in two grades: the compromise obtained between two sides: ‘Camembert de Normandie AOP’ and ‘made in….’ rests on several bets whose outcome is still far off.
