Poor France. It's been a tough year for you.
Your cafés are almost extinct, your wine production has been threatened by Italy's. Now the final blow has been delivered: Canada has stolen the best cheese in the world title (or, "winner in all categories") at the World Cheese Awards 2009.
The victor prevailing over 2,440 entries from 34 countries is Québec's Le Cendrillon (trans: Cindarella) goat cheese, produced by La Maison Alexis de Portneuf in St-Raymond-de-Portneuf, Quèbec.
The handmade artisan cheese is causing quite the stir.
France's national newspaper, Le Parisien, conceded the loss in an article about the Awards: "The best cheese in the world is... Canadian. Whatever the lovers of pate cuite, lait cru and d'affinages fermiers may think, the best cheese in the world is not French, but Canadian."
The cheese is described as an ash-covered soft surface-ripened soft goat cheese with a semi-strong, slightly sour taste that becomes stronger with age.
It can be found at grocery stores and fine cheese shops for a measly $6.99 and is produced by umbrella corporation Saputo.
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