The thousand and one cheeses
Charles de Gaulle is reported to have once said 'How can you govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?' But whatever may have been the administrative skills of that old French soldier, he was right about one thing. There are a great many kinds of cheese in the world, a tribute to the inventiveness of cheesemakers.
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Stock up your cupboard with the right ingredients and you will be able to prepare any Latin American recipe that takes your fancy.
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