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This is a list of notable cheesemakers. Cheesemakers are people or companies that make cheese , who have developed the knowledge and skills required to convert milk into cheese. Cheesemaking involves controlling precisely the types and amounts of ingredients used and the parameters of the cheesemaking process, to make specific types and ...
The Gran Tavola has its roots in the societas of the Bonsignori, which began activity in the 1240s with the participation of the Malavolti family. [5]The Gran Tavola was founded by Orlando Bonsignori in 1255 and in the 1260s became the exclusive depository-general of the incomes of the Papal States. [5]
The production of cheese predates recorded history, beginning well over 7,000 years ago. [1] [2] [3] Humans likely developed cheese and other dairy foods by accident, as a result of storing and transporting milk in bladders made of ruminants' stomachs, as their inherent supply of rennet would encourage curdling.
One of the ancient cheesemakers' earliest tools for cheesemaking, cheese molds or strainers, can be found throughout Europe, dating back to the Bronze Age. [4] Baskets were used to separate the cheese curds, but as technology advanced, these cheese molds would be made of wood or pottery.
Neufchâtel is the oldest of the Norman cheeses, having likely been made as early as the 6th century, [3] and known to have been made between 1050 [4] and 1543. [3] For the end-of-year festivals during the Hundred Years' War, stories say that young girls offered heart-shaped cheeses to English soldiers to show their affection.
Map of major AOC cheeses – the size of the symbol equates to the size of production. This is a list of French cheeses documenting the varieties of cheeses, a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms, which are found in France.
Years of the 13th century in Wales (10 C) This page was last edited on 10 August 2021, at 10:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
13th–14th century The Liber de Coquina ("The book of cooking/cookery") is one of the oldest medieval cookbooks. Two codices that contain the work survive from the beginning of the 14th century.