Cheese Slices

2014
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Season 5 episodes (9)

1 Norway - The Cheese Legacy of the Vikings
2/23/13
Season-only
Will travels to the spectacular fjords of Norway to look at rare skimmed milk cheeses dating back to Viking times and he also samples Ghetost, an ancient sweet brown caramel cheese remarkably similar to fudge.
2 Sicily - Traditional Flavoured Pecorino Cheeses
2/23/13
Season-only
Will looks at the many flavours of Sicilian Pecorino, and visits one of the last farmhouse dairies making a saffron flavoured cheese from ewe's milk, before finding himself in a Dickensian cheese maturing room that is several centuries behind the times.
3 Denmark - The Nordic Cheese Revolution
2/23/13
Season-only
The Danish dairy industry produces more blue cheese than any country in the world. Will travels to the island of Bornholm to see how Danablu is made, before heading to Copenhagen to look at more interesting cheese varieties.
4 Scotland - Artisan Cheeses from the Highlands and Islands
2/23/13
Season-only
Scotland is not renowned for good cheese, but in the rugged rolling highland country Will unearths an ancient sour cream 'chieftains' cheese called Caboc.
5 Piedmont - Rare Traditional Cheeses from the Hills and Alps
2/23/13
Season-only
No Italian region boasts as many traditional cheeses as Piedmont.
6 Wales - Artisan Cheese Champions
2/23/13
Season-only
Many people think the only traditional cheese made in Wales is mild young crumbly Caerphilly, but they're wrong.
7 Tasmania - The New Cheese Pioneers
2/23/13
Season-only
Will invites his friend Tetsuya Wakuda to accompany him on a tour of Tasmania and to demonstrate a few of his unusual recipe ideas with the local dairy produce.
8 South East France - Traditional Cheeses of Provence
2/23/13
Season-only
Will travels to Provence in the south of France to try Banon, a traditional benchmark goat's milk cheese wrapped in dried chestnut leaves. He also discovers an ancient cheese called Brousse du Rove, which is rarely seen outside the region.
9 Germany - Artisan cheeses of Germany
2/23/13
Season-only
After travelling to the Alps to look at a seasonal mountain cheese called Bergkase, Will visits a small biodynamic farm to discover how Germany's most popular fresh cheese, Quark, is made.

About this show

There is a revolution happening in the world of cheese. The growing consumer interest in how cheese is made, and where it comes from is encouraging an exciting global resurgence in artisanal cheese making. We are demanding tastier, more interesting cheeses with distinctive flavours, textures, and aromas. But in order to recognise them we need to know what is out there, and what makes the difference. Cheese Slices will stimulate you to eat, encourage you to travel, and most importantly help you to choose the finest artisan cheese to keep the revolution going.

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