Arrgghgh. My favorite cheese, in the whole wide world, is St. Marcellin. I recently discovered it in my local max luxe supermarket, Larry's.
However, it's not the same as in la belle France. The law in this silly country requires cheeses to be pasteurized (a process invented by a Frenchman). Even those imported.
In our "nanny state" we are prohibited from eating that which might harm us. So importers are forced to pasteurize it, killing the bacteria that matures and ripens it.
I am undone.
Posted by artandscience at April 1, 2005 06:16 AM