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A fun, simple dish, the tarte flambée (or flammekueche in Alsatian dialect) is
an institution in Alsace. My favourite version features
Tomme Prés du Ried, a cheese, combining a gourmet
touch with the special pleasure of knowing that the
product used is born of a relationship with the earth
that preserves the wellbeing of animals, the
environment and our health. This cheese is
a powerful symbol of how to reconcile
agriculture with biodiversity. It is
made by Anne-Marie and Raymond
Durr, well-known farmers in
Alsace and pioneers in a type of
organic agriculture that is in harmony
with the wetlands typical of the Ried
region. Those same wetlands are home to
many butterflies as well as to the curlew, a
protected species of bird.
