Cheese lifestyle, reviews and recommendations
Overall this was a pretty successful and well-balanced board. There was good variety across the milk-giving-animal spectrum, with a soft suprabovine focus which yielded quite a sharp and tasty selection of cheeses. This led to horrendous flavour clashes with grapes,… Continue reading "Christmas Cheese Board Review"
Caerphilly A victim of Cheddar’s popularity, Caerphilly nearly went extinct during World War 2. Modern Caerphilly is a crumbly white cow’s milk cheese. CheddarCheddar is by far the most popular British cheese, accounting for over half of the British cheese… Continue reading "An Introduction to British Cheeses"
There has been much talk on the site recently about the battle between Cheddar and Red Leicester. I have long advocated that there is plenty of room in the cheeseboard of the world for both (although I confess I am… Continue reading "Red Fox Red Leicester (Lidl Deluxe)"
Deciding between a “tall” vs “wide” biscuit strategy for accompanying cheese is always a complex challenge. A “tall” biscuit selection uses a highly-restricted number of mono-type cheese biscuit packets. Usually, one would pair a very small number of high-quality artisan… Continue reading "Biscuits for Cheese (Marks and Spencer)"
This website primarily exists to rate and review luxurious, unusual or exciting cheeses. Cathedral City Mature Cheddar is none of those. However, there is a very strong argument to be made that this cheese is in fact the best cheese… Continue reading "Cheddar (Cathedral City Mature)"
Of the cheeses to come out of Spain, Manchego is probably one which most people will know best. The hard cheese is made from the milk of the Manchega sheep in the La Mancha region of Spain (pretty strong naming… Continue reading "Manchego with Rosemary"
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"
Avengers Infinity War boldly claimed to be “The Most Ambitious Crossover Event in History” and was subsequently and rightly mocked by the internet. All I can say to that is that Nick Fury has evidently never heard of Cinco Lanzas.… Continue reading "Cinco Lanzas (Garcia Baquero Gran Reserva)"
A trip to the cheese counter at the deli is always a delight. You can almost bank on finding a new and interesting cheese to sample. So it was with my next 3 planned reviews. You might pay a premium… Continue reading "Stihians Cornish Yarg (Lynher Dairies)"