“I didn’t have the heart to throw away that failed cheese mass”: how West Flemish cheese conquered the world and space despite an error in the recipe

An American astronaut had the Oud Roeselare cheese ‘delivered’ twice to the space station. After one bite, Albert Adria from top restaurant El Bulli put an entire cheese ball in his suitcase to take home. What is it with the cheese of father and son Deweer from the West Flemish village of Rumbeke? “It all started with an error in the recipe in 2008. We wanted to throw everything away.”

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