\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri105 \f1 \b Camembert from Normandy\par
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\b0 The most famous of the 365 kinds of cheese that are made in France (a symbolic fig
ure: one for every day of the year) bears the name of a small village in Normandy. According to legend it was first made (using a process that requires no less than nine successive steps) by a local woman, Marie Harel (1761-1812), who was given the recip
e by a non-juring priest she had hidden during the Revolution. This cheese in its round box with a characteristic label, with its soft white crust and creamy texture, has to be ripened to the point where it releases all its flavor when eaten on good brea
d and accompanied by a glass of fine wine or cider from the Auge region.\par
