Camembert is made generic worldwide. The name has been usurped by industry to improve the image of their production. Local and traditional practices have meaning only through genuine Camembert from Normandy to the raw milk AOC.
Livarot was probably born in the late Middle Ages, the heart of Normandy. It was a farmhouse cheese, little different from Camembert and Pont-bishop. We then designated all cheese down Norman under the same name: the "Angels.'' This name evolved into "Augelot" term (...)
The Pont l'Eveque appears in the 12th century. It was created by Cistercian monks, settled west of Caen. In 1225, Guillaume de Lorris in the Roman de la Rose, wrote: "The best restaurants were always filled with dessert cheeses angels.''. This term, which later appointed also (...)