Cheese Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
yellow or white, creamy or solid food made from the pressed curds of milk
About Cheese
—Charles de Gaulle, President of France 1959–1969 While some type of cheese is available in almost every supermarket, there are numerous types of cheese that are very much linked to a rather small geographical region of origin. While some of these cheeses have become "globalized" and they (or their cheap knock off second cousin thrice removed) are available almost everywhere, the vast majority is best consumed where they originate. TheEuropean Unionhas created the protected designation of origin (PDI; marked as AOP in Francophone countries), that applies for many types of cheese and stipulates that a certain product may only be produced in a certain region and according to certain laws and guidelines. Almost all well known European cheeses are protected in that way. Mountainous slopes were
Cheese Travel Guide Sections
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