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Making Mimolette Cheese

A year or so ago, I went to one of the Fancy Food Shows in the U.S. that are held once or twice a year, and are only open to professionals. Theyโ€™re held in convention centers and you can find (and sample) a variety of foods from around the world. Past trends meant that youโ€™d go and find a lot of salsas or biscotti, cocktailโ€ฆ

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Making French Butter and Camembert de Normandie at Isigny Ste-Mere

I never miss an opportunity to โ€œgo to the source,โ€ so to speak. And in France, itโ€™s sometimes just a train ride away. Barely an hour by high-speed train from Paris is Normandy, and itโ€™s bucolic countryside, where even the cows have their own appellation; La vache Normande. Not only are the cows beautiful, with their wide black and mahogany speckles, and rings around theirโ€ฆ

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Crown Finish Caves

Who knew there was a cheese aging cave in bustling New York City? New York City is known for a lot of things, but aging cheese isnโ€™t one of them. At least I didnโ€™t think so. Crown Finish Caves is in a former Budweiser brewery, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The building had been dormant since 1914 (the railroad tracks that brought ingredients to the brewery,โ€ฆ

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La Ferme de Viltain

Itโ€™s not a drag to be in Paris in August. In fact, those who stay in town always say the same thing โ€“ โ€œThis is the best time of year to be in Paris.โ€ (Or, โ€œWouldnโ€™t it be incroyableย if it was like this all year?โ€) Even though Paris is a lot smaller, imagineย if 85% of the people left New York City or San Francisco inโ€ฆ

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