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May 19, 2005
Cheese Vocabulary
One of the harder things I'm finding when it comes to learning about cheese, is picking up the vocabulary used to describe cheese attributes. And I don't mean things like "soft cheese" and "goat milk cheese" but rather things like "this cheese tastes nutty", "this cheese is very fruity" and "rich". It seems that there is a formula somewhere that lets you use these vocabulary words to match cheeses to go together at dinner or when looking for appropriate wine, but online search yields little to no relevant results. It is quite possible though that I'm looking in wrong places. I've been reading Steve Jenkins' Cheese Primer and it's pretty good so far, but it's a lot of information (and cheese) to digest in one sitting. A new sub-goal in learning about cheese: when I find a sane vocabulary for describing cheese, I will post a coherent list of these words on this blog.
Posted by maggie at May 19, 2005 10:58 AM