A cultural experience in the Swiss countryside.
Ever had a romantic notion about making cheese? One where Heidi yodels from a mountain-top while Klaus stirs the milk, humming Edelweiss as he carefully wraps each tenderly made wheel […]
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Austria delivers: delicious cheeses direct from alpine cows
It figures that Austria would be the country to satisfy our hungry search for some of Europe’s best and most interesting cheese. When we set out on The Meanderthals European […]
» Read moreCurdless start for four intrepid cheese sleuths
Four friends met in Prague, two of them highly motivated to search for interesting European cheeses. All four came from places with historical relationships with all things curd: one Cypriot […]
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Hearts and heads full of Dunkirk
The mournful sound of bagpipes drifted across the sandy beach, emanating from the other side of a tiny canal that separates the mainland from the shores of Dunkirk. On a […]
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Meanderthals hit the road on European Tour des Fromage
The Meanderthals are hitting the road again, this time with cheesy intent. Even the most astute food historian isn’t clear on when cheese was invented, but there’s a school of […]
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Creating the Lotus (or the evolution of a novel)
Writing a novel was never on my bucket list. In fact, it was something I didn’t want to consider. There were too many talented authors, too many wonderful stories, too […]
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