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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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What’s Ahead for Cheese Counters

August 2, 2022 janet@janetfletcher.com
Cheese Counter at Cheese Board, Berkeley

The Cheese Board, Berkeley

Have you noticed changes at your favorite cheese counters? I have. So many cheeses are now pre-sliced and vacuum-sealed—cheeses that merchants used to cut to order, so you could have just the amount you wanted. The selection has narrowed. There are gaps on the shelves. All these changes are pandemic related, but how long will they last? Will cheese counters eventually be as robust as they used to be and cheese shopping as interactive as before?

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In From: U.S. Tags Whole Foods, Whole Foods Market, Cathy Strange, PDO cheese, American Cheese Society, cheese counter, cheese and pandemic
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Whose Name Is It?

March 5, 2019 janet@janetfletcher.com
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The European immigrants who settled in the U.S. more than a century ago and began reproducing the cheeses of their homeland couldn’t have imagined we would be arguing about their creations today. These newcomers, not surprisingly, marketed their cheeses with the names they knew: asiago, romano, brie, parmesan, feta. Today, the EU protests that American cheesemakers have no right to these names and insists we stop using them. And the American producers tell the EU to take a hike. These are generic names now, the argument goes. They belong to no one.

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In From: U.S., Milk: Cow, Milk: Goat, Milk: Sheep Tags common cheese names, Consortium for Common Food Names, PDO cheese, feta, romano, brie, parmesan, asiago, fontina, Havarti
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