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Journée Nationale du Fromage - March 27

March 27 is la Journée Nationale du Fromage, or National Cheese Day, here in France. Today we will be honoring rare, small production, farmer produced, raw milk cheeses.

You can be sure that I'll be celebrating!

Journée Nationale du Fromage - March 27



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