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After months of behind-the-scenes wrangling that threatened to strain relations between Switzerland and the U.S., the fate of secret Swiss bank accounts reportedly holding billions of dollars in undeclared assets is finally resolved...
...select the right fromage for their dessert menus, she's traveling around the country taste-testing products herself. Thorpe has tried every type of cheese: the creamy, the crumbly, the limp, the spongy and even something flavored with Jamaican jerk spices. TIME talked to Thorpe about unpasteurized cheese, how Swiss got those holes and how white and yellow cheddar differ...
...does Swiss cheese have holes in it? As the cheese ripens, there is a bacteria inside it that breaks down the protein. It stretches the cheese and makes holes. The number and size of the holes has to do with how much bacteria is in the cheese, how active it is, and the temperature of the room that the cheese is aged...
...goat cheese. In the early 2000s, high-end restaurants started offering cheese plates. What do you see as the next big cheese trend? Cheese is something people are much more interested in and knowledgeable about than they were 20 years ago. But people are still pretty limited. They know Swiss, cheddar, goat cheese, blue cheese, brie - and that's about it. But they keep learning. It's like what happened with wine. Fifty years ago, Americans didn't drink any wine. Then they discovered European wines. Then people started trying to make wine in California. Now people know American wine...
...scheme would be impractical and undesirable in a large republic. But one still cannot help but admire the Swiss commitment to serve. As a citizen of a country once again reflecting upon what civic responsibility means, I have come to hold a certain appreciation for the Swiss sense that "everyone is in this together"—even if there are no enemies to fight...