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Oaxacan cheese with a little something extra: chilis

April 12, 2021

Another treat from the Tlacolula market here in Oaxaca, Mexico: cheese made with chilis. You would think this would be super spicy, but the chilis are all very mild and the cheese is mild, too. It’s got very subtle flavors. The indigenous market sellers use banana leaves as the “packaging.” So delicious.

Tags Mexico, Oaxaca, Cheese

Tasting French cheese in Spain

September 8, 2019

We enjoyed this incredible Valençay cheese during The Barcelona Experience, which ended yesterday. It was one of 20 cheese we tasted during this tasting, which itself was one of several cheese tastings.

Wait, you say, isn't that a French cheese?

The answer is: yes. Catalona, which borders France, is one of the best places in Spain to find French cheese. (We also tasted lots of Spanish cheeses, and a few other French and Swiss cheeses.) Valençay is from the Loire Valley.

Valençay is made from raw goat milk, and is covered with grey ash.

It looks like a very strong cheese, but it's surprisingly mild. I think this is my favorite cheese in the world right now.

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Tags Spain, Catalonia, Cheese, Delicious
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Who loves French cheese?

June 10, 2019

Our Provence Gastronomad Experience is a French cheese lover's dream.

France has a way with dairy products. French butter is amazing. French pastries can be sublime, in part because of the quality of the butter.

And nobody makes cheese like the French.

Every region of France has its specialty cheeses. And Provençal cheeses are amazing.

If you want to explore the exquisite cheese of Provence, you'll definitely want to join our Provence Gastronomad Experience.

We're going to taste cheese in salad, during picnics, with truffles, as part of wine pairings and for no reason at all. And, of course, we'll eat cheese the French way -- between dinner and dessert.

We'll eat amazing new cheeses you've probably never tried, every day.

Good news for you cheese lovers: We just had a spot open up for our upcoming Provence Gastronomad Experience (for a couple), which takes place June 24 - June 29.

During the Provence Gastronomad Experience, a small group of us will stay together in a beautifully restored French farmhouse, a short walk from a picturesque medieval village. From there, we’ll strike out to explore the very best of everything Provence has to offer, from the rocky vineyards of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to the canals of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue to the sunny beaches of the Côte d'Azur.

Go here for more information if you're even slightly curious about our Provence Gastronomad Experience. Or you can just send me an email at: mike@elgan.com

We'd love for you to join us in June on this unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Tags France, Cheese, Delicious
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