Taste Test – Cheese of the Month Club (December 2020)

Our first Cheese of the Month Club shipment arrived with three cheeses from three different countries. The shipment came packed in ice packs and contained a one page information flyer giving a description of each cheese in the package. The quality of all three cheeses was excellent with a nice 8 ounce piece of each cheese wrapped in a wax paper bag clearly labeled. We will definitely be continuing this box as Rita and I both love cheese as an accompaniment to dinner or as a snack. I have tried other cheese clubs in the past and the quality of the cheese in this club is exceptional.

There is a nice fact sheet on the flyer with key points for each cheese.

The first cheese was Stilton out of England, a blue cheese.

The Point Reyes Toma from California is a semi-firm cow’s milk cheese

The  Comté Extra from France is salty, mild and fruity with undertones of nutmeg and hazelnut.

Louvre – Paris, France

The Louvre is the world’s largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city’s 1st arrondissement. Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 782,910 square feet. It is the most visited museum in the world. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.

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Palace of Versailles -Department of Yvelines, France

The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, France, about 12 miles southwest of the center of Paris. The palace has been a site of historical importance. The Peace of Paris (1783) was signed at Versailles, the Proclamation of the German Empire occurred in the vaunted Hall of Mirrors, and World War I was ended in the palace with the Treaty of Versailles, among many other events. The palace is now a historical monument and UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments.

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