The Dark Arts of Affinage

The Food Programme by BBC

Aug 14, 202642:41Arts

There are many ways to age a cheese so how best to refine its flavours over time? Welcome to the art of affinage - a French term that translates as "refining" a cheese - and a practice that is starting to take off in the...

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