Meet the microbes that make your holiday cheese plate
Some cheeses are mild and soft, like mozzarella, while others are salty-hard, like Parmesan. And some smell pungent like Époisses, a funky orange cheese from the Burgundy region in France. There are cheeses with fuzzy rinds, such as Camembert, and ones marbled with blue veins, such as Cabrales, which...
Alex James gifts Blur bandmates with cheese for Christmas
17 December 2022, 14:38 | Updated: 23 December 2022, 14:48 Blur in 2015. Picture: Danny Martindale/Getty Images The Blur bassist told Radio X’s Johnny Vaughan why Christmas is his favourite time of the year. Alex James gifts his Blur bandmates with cheese for Christmas. The Blur bassist famously swapped...
Woman sues mac and cheese maker because food took longer than 3.5 minutes
Amanda Ramirez claims the time does not include opening the lid, adding the flavour and stirring (Picture: Getty Images) An impatient Florida woman has launched a £4 million lawsuit – because her macaroni cheese took too long to cook. The Kraft Company markets its microwaveable cups of Velveeta Shells...
On the Politics of Wine and Cheese
GETTY IMAGES WHAT makes cheese, cheese? Or more specifically, what defines camembert? If you ask the general assembly of camembert de normandie professionals — yes, a certified assembly of cheese professionals — it’s unreservedly raw milk. And it’s this particular fact that caused the recent great Camembert Crisis; a...