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Article: A primer on selecting and using that living food -- cheese
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- Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2002
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Cheese and wine can make a fine finish to a meal. -- A spread of soft cheeses would make nice hors 'douvres.
HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Shopping for cheese can be as much fun as serving it to guests.
First, some basics.
Cheese is defined as a food product made from the pressed curd of milk.
Like wine, natural cheese is thought of as a living food because of the friendly, living bacteria that are continually changing it.
The term "natural" is used to distinguish cheeses that will ripen over time from processed cheeses, which will not.
Cheese experts differ on the number and organization of cheese groupings.
In Garde Manger: The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen (Wiley), cheeses are grouped into ...