The history of cheese begins 10,000 years ago. The benefit of cheese is twofold: it helps preserve milk, and it is a more digestible product for the body.
In the Middle Ages, cheese was the monk's food par excellence. The monastic rules which impose work and self-sufficiency fit well with its production. It was later that cheese gained its nobility and its place within the meal. If France did not invent cheese, having a moment of the meal entirely dedicated to this food, the famous cheese platter, is “unique in the world’