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Brânza este atât un aliment popular, cât și vechi. Este consumat la nivel mondial, cu milioane de tone fiind produse anual. Dovezile arheologice sugerează că a fost făcută de ființe umane de mii de ani cu rășini de grăsime din lapte fiind detectate în ceramica antică, sugerând că a fost folosit în producția de brânză. […]
Read More →Cheese is both a popular and ancient food. Its consumption is worldwide with millions of tonnes being produced annually. Archaeological evidence suggests that it has been made by human beings for thousands of years with resins of milk fat being detected in ancient pottery, suggesting that it was used in cheese production. Over the centuries, […]
Read More →Asiago is an Italian Cheese originating from the Veneto region of North Eastern Italy, an area famous more than anything for the canal street lined city of Venice. The name Asiago is not necessarily one of the better-known names in Italian cheese, however amongst cheese connoisseurs it is certainly well thought off. It is a […]
Read More →Grana Padano is not one of the best-known names in Italian cheese. Indeed, if we were to go out on the street and ask people to name what Italian cheeses come to mind, it wouldn’t be surprising if not many people even mentioned Grana Padano. However, that’s not to say that Grana Padano isn’t a […]
Read More →Parmesan is undoubtedly one of the big names in cheese (and arguably in food as a whole!). Aside from being a delightfully well-balanced cheese in taste and appearance when partially matured, the fully mature hard version lends itself to being grated and used as a seasoning that adds not only taste, but also nutrition, to […]
Read More →Parmesan cheese, more correctly called Parmigano Reggiano, is considered by many to be the king of cheeses. This could well be to with the fact that it has many qualities. In particularly, it comes in different forms depending on how long it has been aged and so has many different uses. It’s no surprise than […]
Read More →Above image from gransigliodellaforchetta.it Variety is the spice of life, or so they say. If we sit down to think about it, there certainly seems to be some sense to this notion. What indeed would life be like if we all wore the same clothes, spoke the same language, did the same things each day, watched […]
Read More →Unfortunately, in this age of modern technology, many children are growing up in a virtual world. In days gone by, the park was for many children the place to be. Here, they could have fun with their friends, enjoying fresh air and taking a break from the watchful eye of parents or annoying siblings at […]
Read More →We don’t usually think of cheeses belonging to families. But actually, cheeses can be classified into different groups, using different criteria, such as the production method used or firmness of the resulting cheese. One other way of grouping cheeses is based on the source of the milk used for producing the cheese. Such a classification […]
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