The Secret Behind Roquefort – my Favorite Cheese
The secret behind Roquefort cheese can be found in the fields. Lacaune sheep, whose milk is used for the cheese, graze on hillsides that are literally rampant with herbs. These herbs impart their flavor to the ewes’ milk. Each ewe yields only 16 gallons per season. Milk used for the blue-veined Roquefort comes from sheep ...
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Cheese Caves of Saint Julien are Hidden in the Hillside
Read my story in French » Hidden among the vines and built into the mountain walls, the cheese Caves de Saint Julien are just a short distance from the town of St Nectaire south of Clermont Ferrand in the Auvergne Region of France. Originally intended to serve as a warehouse for wine, the Caves of Saint Julien later served ...
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Reims Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Read my story in French » Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims ( Reims Cathedral ) Reims Cathedral, long the coronation site of French kings, dates back to 496.A.D. Well, at least the site where the cathedral sets dates to 496. Prior to the cathedral, Roman-Gallo baths were located on this site. Notre-Dame de Reims ...
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