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a wheel of mold engineered into elegance, proof rot can wear a tuxedo
means A soft, creamy cow's-milk cheese with an edible white rind, named for the French region where it originated.
from Named for Brie, a region east of Paris in the Île-de-France, where the cheese has been made for centuries — the place-name itself likely traces back to a Gaulish word for 'marsh' or 'low ground.' Like champagne or camembert, brie is geography turned edible: a slice of French countryside you can spread on bread.
- royal status
- crowned king of cheeses in 1815
- living rind
- the white crust is edible mold, fully intentional
- named after
- a region east of Paris
- ripens inward
- matures from the outside toward the center
- runny goal
- too firm means it is underripe
for instance
brie de meaux — french cheese from seine-et-marne, protected by aoc designation since 1980
brie de melun — french cheese from melun region, aoc protected, made with raw milk