Fromager Andrew Steiner highlights fine stinky cheeses and explains why they smell. He is the owner of Andrew's Cheese Shop in Santa Monica.
Stinky cheese sampling:
Epoisses de Bourgogne - From northern Burgundy; soft, runny and salty
Krummenswiler - Barnyard smell with Swiss flavors
Roccolo - Musty smell, firm cheese
Red Hawk - Mildly stinky, very buttery
Timanoix - Rind is washed with a mixture of walnut brandy and brine; chocolaty flavor
Andrew's Cheese Shop
728 Montana Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90403
310-393-3308
Music break: Mitternachts-Blues (Midnight Blues) by Bert Kaempfert