Posts tagged cheese
Daily Porn: table des fromages
Jul 30th
Blogger Buzz: Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine & My New Favorite Fromagerie
Jul 18th
Admittedly, one of the reasons this is a favorite is that it’s less than half a block from my apartment. Even so, I’m a little sad that I didn’t know about Julhès before moving to the rue du Faubourg St. Denis. Yes, it’s a cheese shop. It’s also a wine cave. With an impressive selection of liquor. And select charcuterie. Plus bulk free-range eggs and fresh dairy products like yogurt, milk, and butter. Not to mention the snacks – Tyrell’s chips, bars of Valrhona and Zaabar chcoclate - and condiments – a truly mouthwatering array of mustards, sauces, and jams. It’s a one-stop shop for a picnic if I ever saw one.
But the best part is that the cheeses (and wines…) are good. The service is friendly, too. One time I saw them make a camembert sandwich for a customer. And they’re open seven days a week, though they close for lunch on weekdays, as well as on Sunday afternoons. Pretty good for Paris. The cheese/wine shop (a category that gave me some trouble when I was adding it to my map because my current color-coding scheme doesn’t allow for such a thing), however, is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Blogger Buzz: Around Paris (18th) Chez Virginie
Mar 2nd
Chez Virginie is a charmingly packed cheese shop on the less-touristy side of the Butte Montmartre. Mountains of artisan cheeses are flanked by bottles of wine, cured hams, cookies, and other cheese-friendly treats.
The salesgirl was enthusiastic and helpful. When I was curious about a cheese, she offered me a taste immediately. I managed to limit myself to three cheeses, but was very tempted by the four-cheese flight for 7.50. Next time. This would be a perfect place to build a picnic, because about half a block down the street lies Arnaud Delmontel’s famed boulangerie, as well as Arnaud Larher’s chocolate and macaron shop. Make sure to take a peek at the Montmartre Cemetery before you go too far – at the very least, do what I did, and snap some photos through the trellis on rue Caulaincourt.
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Blogger Buzz: Fromage Pérail (Androuet)
Oct 13th
The staggering diversity of cheeses in this world never ceases to astound me. That one thing, milk, can be manipulated into so many different tastes, textures and forms is a marvel that, I’m not exaggerating, makes me happy to be alive.
As with wine, though, the variety of cheeses can be daunting when it comes time to choose one. To help, Chez Loulou has been systematically tasting cheeses, and writing about them, since April of 2007. Her Fête du Fromage is now an “International cheese tasting event” which invites bloggers from all over to share their cheese finds with the world, or at least the world wide web. I’m happy to join the party.
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