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This Happened

Cheese First To Rock Tragedy — On This Day In History February 3

A dictator’s fall, a deadly blizzard, and a tragic day for rock ‘n’ roll.

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Society Weird

A Weird Week Indeed: NYC’s Cheeseball King, Electric Irony In Nigeria, Grumpy Plato

While busy delivering the best international journalism, the Worldcrunch team also stumbles on a fair deal of downright strange stuff happening around the world, reported in every language.

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Food / Travel Green

French Cheese To Japanese Apples, How Global Warming Will Change The Flavor Of Food

One of the collateral damages of the climate emergency that we may not think about is how flavors will be altered. We will notice the tastes of wine and beer, coffee, cheese and even seafood are already beginning to change …

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Food / Travel

Bogus Honey, Olive Oil Remix: How Fraudulent Foods Spread Around The World

What you have in your plate isn’t always what you think it is. As food counterfeiting increases in the food industry and in our daily lives, some products are more likely to be “fake”, and it’s up to consumers to be careful.

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Weird

A Swiss Thief With A Fondue Fork Tries To Dip Into Till At Funeral Home

Switzerland is famous for its fondue, a national specialty that is eaten by dipping bread into melted cheese, using uniquely shaped long-stemmed forks. Now a 60-year old Swiss man has found a rather unexpected use for his fondue fork, reaching with the length of the utensil and its sharp prongs to steal envelopes containing condolence […]

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In The News

In Madagascar, The Democratization Of French Cheese

In one of the world’s poorest countries, cheese is still a niche market. And yet, little by little, even the working class are starting to getting a taste.

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In The News

Take 5: Vromageries And Other Restaurants Turning Traditional Cuisine Vegan

Restaurants around the world take the meat and dairy out of food to make traditional food trendy.

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February 3

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Eyes on the U.S. Food / Travel Ideas

A New French Manifesto: Let Them Eat Old Cheese!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s outright prohibition of the practice of aging cheese on wooden boards has sparked strong reactions, revealing a newfound interest for traditional, fermented food.

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Economy Food / Travel

Who Will Protect Parmigiano From Cheesy Fakes?

Accusations of conflicts of interest surround the consortium whose role it is to determine what are the real Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses and what are the poor knock-off ‘parmesans.’

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Global Gourmet Impact: Organic Revolution

Tradition vs. Hygiene? A French Case For Preserving Old Cheese

PARIS — For the last few years, cheese has been at the center of a debate that is as gastronomic as it is economic and sociocultural. Facing increasingly strict regulations, many producers are concerned about the future of cheese made with ancestral methods, and the anxiety is particularly high in France and Italy, which each […]

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Food / Travel Global Gourmet

Sniffing Out Heavenly, One-Of-A-Kind Cheese In The Austrian Alps

Here, the cheese is so pure that if the wheel is yellow, you know the cows have been eating dandelions…

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Economy

Why Shoppers From Paraguay Are Flooding Across The Border Into Argentina

ASUNCIÓN – Latin Americans are not the type to pass on a bargain, especially if it’s being offered by a neighbor. This is why Paraguay has been mercilessly milking all it can from the depreciation of the Argentine peso. This can be seen in the exchange rate between the two currencies – but also in […]

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Food / Travel

The Miracle After Italy’s “Parmesan Earthquake”

This is the good kind of cheesy…

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