Alan Davidson

Carré

Appears in
Oxford Companion to Food
Oxford Companion to Food

By Alan Davidson

Published 2014

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carré the French word for ‘square’, is used as a generic term for cheeses that are square in shape and flat. Examples are carré de l’Est, made in Lorraine, and the cheese of the same name which is made in the Franche-Comté.

© the Estate of Alan Davidson 1999, 2006, 2014 © in the Editor’s contribution to the second and third editions, Oxford University Press 2006, 2014.