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Article: Cheeses revived in cajun country.
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- Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2004
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Byline: Laura Werlin and Annie Rush
Cupid has hit the jackpot. He pointed his arrow and instead of bewitching a couple, he cast his love spell on a cheese. Anyone who eats it will fall in love. How appropriate for Valentine's Day.
This magic-infused cheese is made in Gonzales, La., near Baton Rouge, at a relatively new operation called Chef John Folse's Bittersweet Plantation Dairy. Its namesake owner is the mastermind behind two luscious triple-cream cheeses and more to come.
Chef Folse, a well-known authority on Cajun and Creole history and cuisine, began his cheesemaking operation about two years ago. He had discovered that Louisiana had ...