Dispatches from compliance

Field Reports

Narrative reports from tastings, experiments, trips, and dietary situations that were probably avoidable.

Editorial wine and cheese photograph for "Inside Fort des Rousses: Where 100,000 Comte Wheels Age in Napoleon's Former Barracks"
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Inside Fort des Rousses: Where 100,000 Comte Wheels Age in Napoleon's Former Barracks

France's second-largest military fortress now houses 140,000 wheels of Comte cheese in underground stone vaults. Each wheel develops distinct flavors based on terroir and aging conditions.

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Editorial wine and cheese photograph for "We Tried Whole30 as a Couple. The Baguette Won on Day 11."
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We Tried Whole30 as a Couple. The Baguette Won on Day 11.

A firsthand account of thirty days that became eleven, when French bread reminded us that some battles aren't worth winning.

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