Tag: France

A survey of 3,176 hard cheese shoppers across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden found that 89% of consumers across Europe said that transparent packaging was important to them when buying hard cheese. The research showed that if the packaging isn’t transparent enough – particularly for...

In the world of turophilia (that’s “love of cheese” for the neophytes out there), there may be no nation more afflicted than France. Cheese is omnipresent: Supermarkets often have not one but two whole aisles dedicated to the product, and cheese cloches are available in the local equivalent of...

Already the world’s leader in cheese production, Lactalis acquired a portfolio of iconic cheese brands from Kraft including Cracker Barrel, Breakstone’s, Knudsen, Hoffman’s and a perpetual license for the use of the Kraft brand in natural, grated and international cheeses. Lactalis also acquired the Cheez Whiz brand outside the...

Recently, I learned of the death of Colette Hatch DeRoma — or “Madame de Fromage,” as many of us knew her. She died Jan. 13, following a long illness. Although Colette was approaching her 81st birthday, she was ageless to those who knew her. Between her diminutive stature, engaging...

An elegant Parisienne is eating macaroni cheese with wooden cutlery from a pink cardboard bowl. “We heard about it on TikTok,” she says, between taking snaps of her dish on her smartphone. “What do you think of it?” The Parisienne, who is in her early 20s, looks mortified when...

So, I love cheese. It’s kind of my thing. In my fridge right now, there are no less than five different types of cheese…and TBH, not much else. At a job I had a few years back, my boss brought me instead of cake for my birthday. So of...

This Is Your Sign to Book a Cheese VacationJohn Francis So, I love cheese. It’s kind of my thing. In my fridge right now, there are no less than five different types of cheese…and TBH, not much else. At a job I had a few years back, my boss...

The American cultural industry, particularly Hollywood, makes up and reproduces stereotypes of people and nations all over the world. Though not pioneered by Disney, cultural misrepresentations are often, sadly, the lifeblood of a certain kind of comedic punching downward. What happens when these roles are reversed, when people from...