Seaside treats.
Byline: Neeta Lal France. Known for its fine wines, delectable cheeses and evangelical cuisine, this south European nation is a gourmet's dream-come-true. From sidewalk cafes merrily spilling onto cobble-stoned streets to star-consecrated eateries, croissant outfits, fromageries (cheese shops), boulangeries (bakeries), pubs and bistros to pulsating bars, France's...

Tantalising toulouse.
Byline: Neeta Lal My trip to Toulouse, in southern France, began ominously. The clock alarm at my Switzerland hotel (from where I was to fly to France) didn't go off. So in my frenzy to reach the airport on time, I not only forgot my favourite lipstick...

Sniffing about for cheese in Paris.
Byline: JOE RAY PARIS (AFP) For a cheese lover, its a cruel twist on, Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. In a country with hundreds of cheeses, its surprisingly hard for a visitor to Paris to find the good stuff in the right...

Appetizing favorite.
Cheese torta goes low-fat One appetizer recipe repeatedly requested by readers is for a cheese torta--a layered spread that food editor Jerry Di Vecchio developed in the mid-1970s to replicate versions she had tasted in Italy made of mascarpone, an ultrarich (and then hard to find)...

Good old teleme: a classic Western cheese comes around again.
A Western classic and a California exclusive, teleme is a creamy white cheese made from whole milk. Once ranked as the best-sell ing specialty cheese in California, it slipped from attention in the late '60s, when some early producers stopped making it. The invention of teleme is...

Autumn teammates: fresh fruit, cheese, and wine.
CHEESE AND FRUIT costar with ease as an elegant but simple end to a meal, or, on a larger scale, as the heart of a quickly presented light party menu. And there is no better time to explore this combination than now; fall fruits are exceptionally suited to cheese...

Northwest cheeses.
Lots of contented cows ... lots of cheese choices, old and new, in markets throughout the West. Or go to the source Home to the country's most contented cows (Washington is first among all 50 states in milk production per cow), the Northwest generates plenty of raw material for...

Top Aussie Celebrity Chefs Join Host Evan Kleiman Online for Good Food Live! @ www.KCRW.com.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets for this exclusive live event sold out in just minutes. But now everyone can watch it online -- for free! Evan Kleiman, host of the public radio show, Good Food (Saturdays @ 11am on 89.9FM KCRW-Santa Monica and http://www.kcrw.com/)...

Say cheese: two New York City women make culinary waves with their artisanal ricotta.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "IF CHEESE WERE A ROCK STAR," proclaims the website of ricotta cheese purveyor Salvatore Bklyn, "it'd be Salvatore Bklyn." Ricotta, the fluffy, unassuming building block for lasagna or cheesecake, hasn't achieved pop-icon status yet. But thanks to Betsy Devine and Rachel Mark, the couple who...

Malt meets malt: restaurants and bars known for brews can leverage the malt connection to sell more Scotch.
Ever go into a cheese shop and realize that the place also has a great selection of high-end olive oils? Or maybe you've found a specialty butcher shop that just happens to carry a ridiculously large assortment of fine European chocolates. The owners of these shops have realized that...