Not too long into the next month, the Guild of Fine Food UK, a British gourmet food journal publisher for those in the unknown, will announce the results for their now uber popular World Cheese Awards 2024. Surprisingly, or perhaps not so much (it’s been the case for four years now), Indian cheeses have made the cut here among and as the global best. Sorry, correction: Indian cheese brands have made the cut. Don’t get us wrong, we, of course, will cheer for all Indian wins, but it did get us thinking about the fate of our own cheeses, as opposed to the world-class quality of international varieties that won. Have we forgotten all about our own? Or are we cityfolks so immersed in world culture that we have limited them to “regional” with our tight hold on consumerism and media?
Whatever the case (an anthropological study to ascertain the culprit seems tough), but we think a