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I thought drawing ✍️ cheese would be a piece of cake 🍰
SOLLI and I went on Monday
Then on the weekend. It was not crowded.
One thing for sure 👍 You will never go hungry here.
Very yummy Swiss Gruyère 🧀 Fondue 🫕
Did I say the Salon is open to the public?
Considering what a plateau of fromage would cost in any restaurant.
This is probably the most generous of all food tasting events in Paris.
No magnifying glasses 🔍 required here.
And it’s not just French 🇫🇷 cheese either.
In case you were worried 🤔 YAY for UK cheddar!
What is your favorite cheese 🧀? I love ❤️ Greek Feta 🇬🇷
And Parmigiano Reggiano 👍
There were very nice condiments to go with your cheese tasting…
Fruit jells…dates anyone?
Blocks of
quince jelly Yum Yum 😋
A favorite accompaniment to creamy cheeses.
I’m still crazy for this PAVÉ /faux
cobblestone block made outside Paris - a delicious combo of creamy milk 🐄 + goat 🐐 cheeses.
They are having a special celebratory banquet in the cow 🐄 stalls on Monday, the 15th at
LÀ FERME DE LA TREMBLAYE Anyone want to go?
SOLLI took a ‘trompe l’oeil photo 📸 of me in front of a poster.
I look a bit worn down from all the 🧀 feasting…
While SOLLI was daintily tasting, I was busy stuffing my pockets with samples 🤫 I needed them to paint from - my haul.
I don’t see how I can ever eat this beauty. Could you?
Plan to return in 2027 for the next SALON DU FROMAGE held at Porte de Versailles convention Center.
Your post makes me feel hungry for cheese. I only have Dutch Gouda at home. No French cheese
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Dear Isabelle,
DeleteGOUDA was well represented as well as Italy ,Switzerland, UK, etc. No US VT cheddar was present 🤷♀️
I have to admit working on this post got me salivating and I devoured some Danish and French cheeses brought home from the salon.
DeleteAll looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThey were!!
DeleteI've read that aged & fermented cheese are good for the gut microbiome, so I'm eating fermented brie this week.
ReplyDeleteWe oo this is Very good news! Thank you 🙏
DeleteI love Brie and most all cheese! It is often expensive here in SoCal so I am always looking for bargains and small bits sold in a basket at the cheese shop area in certain super markets. This looks fabulous! These fairs are wonderful. I can't think of anything like this here except in 2005 when a world food fair had to change venues and it came to the Convention Center in San Diego but was only for buyers of the products. No general attendees were allowed.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately it’s the TARIFFS that have made French 🇫🇷 & other cheeses prohibitive 😬
DeleteLucky you! All that cheeeese! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI never thought there could be a thing as TOO MUCH CHEESE 🙄 but there is!!! My return visit the next day…I could open a 🧀 shop.
DeleteBonjour Carol
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post I love fromage
I was lucky 🍀 enough to become a cheese buyer for a small shop in Northern California years ago. I have very happy memories of my Ile de France 🇫🇷 cheese seller arriving in his 2CV citron “truckette” mini van 🚐 and showing me what he had on offer and I also got to taste any of the cheeses 🧀 I wanted
I’m drolling over the great photos of what was on offer at the salon and great photos of you and the cheese 🧀
As of late I will be taking a cheese making class at the end of this month so this has me right in the mood
Love your art 🖼️
Merci for sharing your adventures
What an adventure. Plan to come to the next 🧀 Salon if possible. It would be fun to explore it with a cheese person 👍
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