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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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The Brie That Never Dies

September 2, 2025 janet@janetfletcher.com
Stabilized Brie

Many years ago, I ordered cheese in a Paris restaurant (surprised?) and I vividly recall the moment it arrived at the table. “Le véritable Brie de Meaux,” the waiter announced as he set it down with ceremony, pronouncing each syllable slowly so we couldn’t miss his message: This was the real deal—raw-milk Brie with a protected name, the epitome of French soft-ripened cheese.

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In From: France, Milk: Cow Tags stabilized Brie, Brie de Meaux, raw-milk Brie, Moses Sleeper, Mt. Alice, Ferme de la Tremblaye Brie Fermier, Brie l’Original
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Us Versus Them

January 15, 2019 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Most of the time, I aim to create a balanced cheese board for guests. Something fresh with something aged. A creamy cheese and a firm one. A range of flavors from mild to strong. Cow, goat and sheep. But sometimes I take a page from the wine world. Wine people love comparative tastings. My first date with my winemaker husband was a dinner party and wine tasting, with Pinots from around the world tasted blind. (Nobody nailed them.) A cheese course featuring the same style from two or three different producers can be illuminating, or at least get a conversation going.

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Tags Jasper Hill, Moses Sleeper, Camembert, Herve Mons, Bleu Mont Cheddar, Face Rock Creamery, Westcombe Cheddar, Central Coast Creamery, Shepherd’s Way, Ossau-Iraty, cheese tasting, comparative tasting
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Your Cheese & Beer Checklist

October 24, 2017 janet@janetfletcher.com
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Here they are: the five cheese-and-beer pairings to try before you die. No rush, right? You have time. But please don’t wait to try these duos. They are fall-weather friendly, and each is practically a religious experience. Let’s just say these are no-fail, road-tested, unimpeachable pairings, and I want to share them with you in time for the party season. So you have homework to do, but here’s the study guide. You’re welcome.

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In Milk: Cow, Milk: Sheep, Milk: Goat, From: Belgium, From: U.S., From: France Tags Oskar Blues, Dale’s Pale Ale, Fiscalini Farms Bandaged Cheddar, Boulevard Brewing, Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, Jasper Hill Farm, Moses Sleeper, Ayinger Celebrator, doppelbock, Garrotxa, Andante Dairy, Tomme Dolce, North Coast Brewing, Pranqster, Spring Brook Farm, Tarentaise, Beaufort, Brewery Ommegang, Three Philosophers, Beemster
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Sleeper Cheese →

September 10, 2014 Douglas Fletcher

A friend in the wine business asked me a cheese question recently that stumped me. “What is the one thing that all the great cheesemakers have in common?” he wanted to know.

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In From: U.S., Milk: Cow Tags Planet Cheese, Janet Fletcher, Moses Sleeper, Jasper Hill, Boulevard Brewing, North Coast Brewing
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