If you’re a gastronome you probably know who Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin is. Well, gastronome I am not. But if you’re like me, you remember the opening quote from Iron Chef:
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. —Brillat-Savarin
You are what you eat. Which may explain why I’m so cheesy. Sorry, sometimes I can’t resist.
Well, it turns out the French gourmand has a cheese named after him! Brillat Savarin cheese is a triple-cream cheese, made from cow’s milk. It is smooth and creamy. Imagine, really, a block of sweet, creamy butter, shaped into a cheese wedge.
In fact, I’d bet that if you shaped it into a stick, people would put it on their bread and not say a word. Well, some people might say, “What is this butter, it’s phenomenal!” Well, okay, not quite. You can still tell it’s cheese. But it is that creamy and buttery. Which is also delicious.