cheese
From the Roannais to Pasta, Parmesan, and Prosecco in Italy !
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Once again, I have to say, it is simply easy by car to get to some beautiful parts of France, Spain, and Italy from our base in the Roannais, Rhône-Alpes. This time, a fast auto-route with stunning, mountainous views through part of the French and Italian Alps to the north east of Lyon, straight in [...]
Maison Fromagerie Mons revisited in the Roannais
Monday, March 15th, 2010The French are passionate about most things! Never more so than with their cheeses, and if there is one extremely successful, family-run business that exemplifies this then it has to be Fromagerie Mons. And how wonderfully fortunate are we, in the Roannais region of the Rhone-Alpes, to have this Affineur of fine cheeses right on [...]
Food and Drink in the Roannais
Thursday, July 9th, 2009A brand new section on www.purefrancenow.com has now been added to extoll the virtues of the variety and quality of the ‘Food and Drink’ available in the wonderful gastronomic region of the Roannais, Rhône-Alpes. The Gastronomic Magic of the Roannais! This is another ongoing ‘mission’ by Purefrancenow to visit, enjoy, assess, describe, and recommend some [...]
Maison Mons supports Purefrancenow in the Roannais
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Many year’s ago we had been pointed in the direction of the Mons Fromagerie in Halles Diderot, a fabulous high quality indoor market in Roanne. Having been told that they were simply the best place to purchase cheese, not only for quality, but also breadth of choice – they sell a range of over 230 [...]
Fromagerie Mons – Success in the USA!
Friday, January 16th, 2009Roannais refined cheeses in the ‘Big Apple’ ! Recent success by the Roannais region’s most celebrated and renowned refiner of French cheeses, Fromagerie Mons, has added another dimension to this region’s impeccable reputation for quality produce and style of gastronomy. This remarkable achievement by Fromagerie Mons comes after much investment, development, commitment, care, and extreme [...]
Fromagerie Mons, The best cheeses in the Roannais! By Lucy Franklin
Friday, November 14th, 2008There are many things that we Brits generally associate with the French – wine, bread, cheese, for example. But the essence that binds these products all together has to be ‘passion’ The French are passionate about everything! Never more so than with their cheeses, and if there is one extremely successful, family-run business that exemplifies [...]
