Fromagophile

The cheese aspired to dizzy gustorial heights in the mouths of campus fromagophiles.

Eager fromagophiles will be able to track René down at his headquarters at 27 rue de Tonneliers, Strasbourg, France, Tel: +33 388 231 319.

>I know the proper word for a cheese-lover, though. / > / Fromagophile?

To the boston fromagophile, are you in boston or about 10 miles west and visiting steve, carol & brian as they have turned me into a cheese-freak as well.

Célina Gagneux has a heart-rending choice to make this winter. Will she make another cheese? Mme Gagneux, 73, is the last maker of the Vacherin d'Abondance, a rich, creamy cheese, so liquid you eat it with a spoon. Her cheeses are much prized by fromagophiles, in the way rare birds and rare flowers and rare wines are prized.

Local fromagophiles will have the opportunity for a private tour and tutored tastings with two star artisans when we bus out to the country to visit Doe Run Dairy in Coatesville, where Kristian Holbrooke is crafting and aging stunning mixed-milk cheeses from their herd of goats, sheep and cows.

Card-carrying fromagophile Ihsan Gurdal of Formaggio Kitchen will send you home ready to toss those month-old Kraft squares and invest in something likely older but definitely tastier.

However, lest you fromagophiles/cheesaholics be tempted to taste this pharaonic delicacy, be advised that the team also identified the presence of Brucella melitensis – the causative agent of brucellosis, which affects several mammals, including humans – in the samples.