Tag: Tete de Moine

  • Up Your Dinner Game with These Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

    Up Your Dinner Game with These Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

    It’s not just decorative gourd season, it’s melty cheese season. And boy, is it ever. Last week, I extolled the merits of Switzerland’s tiniest mountain cheese, the mighty-smelling Tête de Moine. He’s just one of many cheeses waiting to grace your table in liquefied form with drippy deliciousness. There’s also Raclette, Morbier, Emmental, Gruyere, Comte,…

  • Why You Need to Try Tête de Moine, the Tiniest Mountain Cheese

    Why You Need to Try Tête de Moine, the Tiniest Mountain Cheese

    You know it is autumn when your cheese shop bulks up on Alpine-style cheeses. The summer’s proliferation of fresh cheeses and backpacker-ready goudas has been shrunk to a minimum. Meanwhile, Gruyère mountain grows in the “Swiss cheese” side of the case. It is as sure a thing as the leaves changing colors or pumpkin spice-flavored…