“Le Banon” – It´s been a while that we stumbled over this fine representative of raw goat´s milk cheese at the little cheese shop “La boite à fromages” in Digne, France, but the memory of flavour and texture “Le Banon” has to offer certainly withstands the ticking of time.
Lets go hot in Normandy ..OR Wine after beer – all in the clear!
Gustav says nothing pairs better than 35degress and a cheese of barnyard floor quality and strongly advises to get your hands on ‘Le Petit…
Guerriero Piceno – a Marche taste warrior
Sometimes just the memory of smelling, squeezing and eating a cheese fills our heart with sheer joy. On the table: a memory snapshot of…
Cheeeses! What the actual Goat?
Spring is still on the jump and with it are goats and their cheeses! We @formaggiastic are big fans of fresh as well as…
“springy goat” – who says goat cheeses are like fish?
We @formaggiastic often hear from people that they “don’t like” goat cheese. The reasons for this in unison seem to be; “it tastes like…
Cityscape Palermo round 2 – Nerello di Sicilia
So here is some news: When in Sicily you cannot avoid Pecorino, and naturally all the vendors and cheese shops sell different kinds of…
Cityscape Palermo 1° – bring an empty suitcase!
We always wanted to scan Sicily for a longer workcation but since time is scarce we thought why not hop to Palermo for a…
Murianengo – raw, rare and a must try!
On our last visit to the Piedmont, at Turin´s central market Gustav and I finally got our hands on * Murianengo *, a rare…
Vermenton – the goats are back!
When in February we are all longing for a soon spring to come. And with spring finally arrives the time of farmstead goat cheese.…
Chevrin delle Valli di Lanzo – Historic, raw and fresh!
Chevrin delle Valli di Lanzo – Piedmont, Italy *Chevrin delle Valli di Lanzo* – raw goat’s milk from the Lanzo Valleys north west of…
Stinking Bishop – dogs that bark don´t bite
* Stinking Bishop * – is not, as the name might imply, a rebellious monks invention of the middle ages who created a cheese…
Formagella Bergamasca
When thinking of Lombardy one thinks of Milan or, in terms of cheese, probably of famous PDOs like Gorgonzola and Taleggio. But it wouldn´t be…
Bo Jensen – Rooky to Celebrity, or Everything is Possible
Since the 2023 World Cheese Awards will take place in Trondheim, Norway we think it´s the right time to rerun our talk with Norwegian…
Vacherin Mont d’Or – the digging, stripping gold dipper
I don’t know how it is for you, but I sometimes get confused; there is a French *Vacherin Mont d’Or AOP* and a Swiss…
summer break!
Formaggiastic is going on a late summer break! Tune in for a new blog post in September and until then don’t forget to Cheese…