Cheese lifestyle, reviews and recommendations
Cheeses are not, by their nature, solitary creatures; rather they are pack animals. A single cheese is highly enjoyable, but a plethora of cheeses is far preferable. In their natural habitat of the cheese board, stronger cheeses can herd weaker… Continue reading "Christmas Cheese Boards"
Arguably, chocolate milk is not a cheese. However, anyone who’s read 30+ cheese reviews is probably at least an interested observer of the wider dairy landscape, so this article may be of relevance. There is a surprising and dismaying lack… Continue reading "33 types of chocolate milk"
An admirable second entry under the “cheese ingot” banner, which as is well-documented elsewhere I am physiologically unable to resist. This is a pretty decent Red Leicester which is as easy to eat as the well-received blue Cheddar ingot equivalent… Continue reading "Red Leicester Bite Ingot Truckle (Tesco Finest)"
No reasonable adult of sound mind could deny this is a Christmas cheese. I reviewed this cheese at the request of a reader; despite my previously-documented intense dislike of both fruitcakes and dubious novelty cheeses marketed squarely at the festive… Continue reading "Christmas Cake Flavour Yorkshire Wensleydale (Asda)"
This cheese is a conventional (“legacy“) cow’s milk Gouda, bafflingly infused with red pesto, fenugreek, and perhaps other herbs. Phil and Pez bought this cheese purely on the basis of its rosy festive air – an impulsive decision given its… Continue reading "Gouda with red pesto, fenugreek and Italian herbs (Villa Rosso)"
A raucous and rambunctious hard cheese, this is a tasty delight given sufficient pre-consumption warming to develop its full taste. Gruyère shines as a winsome, nutty contrast to the heavier flavours and hard, flaky texture of many British mature cheeses.… Continue reading "Gruyere (Tesco Finest Swiss Reserve)"
I cannot deny I bought this simply because it was termed “a cheese ingot”. I am never one to turn down cheese marketed in the same terms as gold bullion; once again, I was not disappointed. This cheese appeared in… Continue reading "Coastal Bite Ingot Truckle (Tesco Finest)"
There are many things to celebrate at Christmas. While the evenings may be dark; the world convulsed with relentless geopolitical upheaval; lockdowns and restrictions keeping friends and family apart, there is at least a lone star hanging above the horizon:… Continue reading "The Twelve Days of Cheesemas"
What does it mean, to be a cheese? The dairy pantheon is extraordinarily diverse and admits a striking variety of flavours, textures, shapes and experiences. It is on the face of it as bizarre and wonderful to me that a… Continue reading "Burrata (Galbani)"
A farmier, punchier alternative to venerable cheeseboard workhorses like Brie and Camembert, Langres is a semi-soft, washed-rind French cow’s cheese. It is substantially stronger in flavour and smell; whether this is a plus or not depends on your tolerance for… Continue reading "Langres (Tesco ‘Finest’)"