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Tasting an Endangered Cheese in Piedmont

April 19, 2016 By Heather von Bargen

tuma cheeses

Silvio Pistone makes his Giuncà and Tuma cheese the traditional way: In Borgomale, Italy, a small village near Alba, Silvio Pistone makes sheep’s milk cheese the old-fashioned way. Anna Lisa Nada, the owner of the winery where my husband Matt and I stayed had recommended we visit him and his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: cheese, cheese tasting, giunca, Pecore delle Langhe, Piedmont, sheep’s milk cheese, traditional cheeses, tuma

Shopping on your Amsterdam Vacation

January 15, 2010 By Helen Page

Your Amsterdam Shop - What to Buy: Shoppers for gifts and souvenirs in Amsterdam will be happy to know that there are hundreds of tourist shops where you can buy anything from chocolates to tulip bulbs or Delft porcelain.  However, don't be in a hurry to buy as the tourist shop may not be the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Shopping Tagged With: amsterdam shop, amsterdam shops, cheese, delft blue, delft porcelain, diamonds, droste chocolates, gassan, shopping amsterdam, shopping in amsterdam

Neal’s Yard – A Fabulous Cheese Shop in Borough Market

November 1, 2009 By Helen Page

Neal's Yard Dairy - A Fabulous Cheese Shop in Borough Market: Borough Market is on our list of places to visit today, but our timing went a little askew and we arrive to find a pretty shut market.  The day would have ended on a highly disappointing note, except that on leaving the market hall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eating & Drinking, Featured Tagged With: blue cheese, cheddar, cheese, cheese company, cheese factory, cheese making, cheese tasting, cheeses, english cheese, goat cheese, how to make cheese, neal's yard dariy cheese, neals yard, stilton, types of cheese

Swiss Cheese – more than Gruyère, but…

February 16, 2009 By Helen Page

  When I read that there are more than 400 varieties of Swiss cheese, I was astounded. Most non-Swiss people would only know of a handful, the most popular ones being Emmenthal and Gruyère. Still, Gruyère is undoubtedly the big cheese of the Swiss dairy industry, so when we visited the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: AOC, cheese, doux, Emmenthal, Gruyère, Gruyères, salé, swiss cheese, Switzerland

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