Day 3156 (Wednesday) 28 th January 2026 This is Menton and this is Saint Tropez. It was grey, cold and horrible yet again today – we are so bored with the weather – bring us our sun back. We haven’t had a cheese story for a while so… How to Cut A Single Serving of French Cheese 🧀 by Camille Chevalier So many rules… Most make sense though since how you cut the cheese has to do with leaving a decent serving for the next person, and then leaving the cheese in the best shape to keep it. Joke aside, cutting “le fromage” is really not an easy task, and there is a big polemic among French people on the proper way to do it… 1 – The Logic Behind How the French Cut Cheese There is a reason to the way French people cut their cheese: it is necessary to ensure a fair distribution between the rind and the dough. The taste is usually stronger next to the rind, and you also want to be polite and leave some dough for everybody. In many French cheeses, you don’t eat the rind – not ...
