Learn Local Foods, Such as French Comte Cheese

French Comte cheese from La Fromagerie in London. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Learn local foods so in each country you visit you can ask for something you like when faced with a baffling menu and umpteen choices and you know little of the local language and cuisine.

From the cheese shop in London, La Fromagerie, near Madame Tussaud's by Baker Street, I have learned to like a French cheese called Comte. (There should be an acute or upwards accent on the e. To get the accent if you are typing and can't find an e with an accent,simply copy the word from elsewhere on the internet and if you can be bothered make the typeface or font fit the rest of your typing.)

Wiki reveals that the Comte cheese comes from the Comte region of France, to give it the full name -

Comté cheese - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Comté_cheese

Comté (or Gruyère de Comté) is a French cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk in the Franche-Comté traditional province of eastern France.

Comté is a hard cheese. If you don't like soft cheese, or you want some of each, ask for Comte.

Comte is the premier or popular French hard cheese, like the English Cheddar cheese, you see it everywhere, can get it everywhere.

In London, England, you can go to one of several speciality cheese shops, Paxton and Whitfield in Mayfair behind Fortnum and Mason's, and Neal's Yard in Borough Market and one called Rippon near Victoria station, another in Fulham. We choose La Fromagerie because you can sit and have coffee or a meal afterwards, and it is near Baker Street station which suits our travels.

La Fromagerie has three branches in Highbury, Marylebone and Bloomsbury.See previous post on this place. Fromage is French for cheese and fromagerie is a cheese shop.

Useful Websites

https://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/

visitbritain.com
https://www.davidlebovitz.com/comte-cheese-making-french-fromage-jura/

http://ee.france.fr/

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Which Winery To Visit In New Zealand

Let's get the lie of the land first. Fly into Christchurch on north of the south island. Yes, recovering from the earthquakes with new buildings. Flights into different cities can vary in price. If money is important, shop around.

North Island
Wellington is the admin capital. Auckland is the big bustling business city.
From Wanaka go to Central Otago, the wine region. Lots of places to visit.

Wine Island
Yes, there is a third island. North of north island.

Wineries include (alphabetically)
South of south island is the Otago wine region.
Every place has a story.
Archangel - from the area where two women were imprisoned in WWII, a mutual history the teenage girls discovered they had in common when they met later overseas. The ladies' grandchildren now run the winery.
Amisfield bistro and winery - great restaurant. See previous post.
Bendigo
Rippon - sounds like Ripon in the North of England.
Wild Earth Winery not far from the gold mining center, and a gold meal winning winery.
Photos later.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.