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Article: FLIGHTS OF CHEVRE LIKE THE FRENCH, AMERICANS ARE SERVING CHEESE AS A COURSE, TRYING TO LEARN SOMETHING AS THEY SNIFF THE GOODS AND PASS THE CRACKERS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2001
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Giving off a strong smell and still managing to win love and
admiration is no mean feat. Just ask an artisanal cheese - it's so
chic and "in" that no one cares anymore that, typically, it stinks.
Nowadays, we don't just buy one or two cheeses and offer them with
wine before dinner. Cheeses are being served seriously, several at a
time. In France this is routine. At home or in a restaurant, a French
meal isn't complete without a cheese course after the main course.
Americans are doing something slightly different. They've begun
serving cheese in "flights" - offering several together so the
tasting turns into a lesson. Cheesemongers like Eric Piper of Bread &
Circus in Newton Highlands have ...