Gervais is a well-known brand of Petit Suisse xream cheese, made in Normandy and named after Jules Gervais, a famous French cheesemaker.
One of the nine grand cru vineyards in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, producing some of the finest celebrated red wines of Côte-de-Nuits, Burgundy. Chambertin was Napoleon’s favourite wine. Eight villages are entitled to hyphenate their names with Chambertin. Alexander Dumas once said "Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin".
A large, round, semihard, blue-veined wheel of cow’s milk cheese from Franche-Comté. It is best in summer when the herbs on which the cattle graze flavour their milk. It is only made in a handful of small dairies in the mountains of the Gex region. (AOC-1977).
A light stew similar to a fricassée, often of sautéed veal or sautéed chicken, butter and eggs, in cream sauce.
