Cheese

There are more than 400 different kinds of cheese in France . Strong or mild, creamy or runny, there is something for all tastes. So it’s perfectly possible to have a different cheese each day for a whole year.

Every area has its own special cheeses, mostly made from cows’ milk in regions where there’s plenty of grass. Others are made with milk from goats or sheep, who are happy in sunnier drier regions. Camembert , which was originally made in the village of Camembert (61) in Normandy, is the one best known outside France.

The French eat more cheese than anyone else in the world - about 23kg per person per year, followed by the Italians who eat 20kg.

The best thing to drink with cheese is a nice glass of red wine.