I glanced at a wedge of my fave cheese - Gruyere - agh - 22 a lb. Guess I won't be tasting THAT again too soon.

I was in France recently and realized how generous they are with cheese as an entree. I ordered a Trois Fromage Salad and was amazed at the 6 large rounds, each probably a half an inch thick, of goat cheese, Camembert, and Brie. I took half of it away in a napkin. It has to be relatively cheap there - was served with a green salad and some fruit. What a lunch!!

As an aside, I was privileged to sing at a series of D-Day Commemorative concerts. At the American cemetery at Omaha Beach, we sang our planned anthem with hardly a dry eye, BUT when we gazed at our flag raised aloft, we broke into our national anthem. We barely got the last 'home of the brave' out, we were so overcome with the enormity of the sacrifice. I felt I really WAS at the resting place of those so young and brave. I hope this doesn't initiate another anti-Allies diatribe, but let me tell you, I never before have felt so proud to be an American.