Just a small something that whetted our appetites on a Friday morning – not that it takes much, it’s a pretty hungry, food-loving desk at Ooh.com, in fact as I write this the team is ploughing into an enormous mountain of croissants that needs crampons and ropes rather than just a knife and napkin…..

In these cheese classes in New York fromager Max McCalman will set out to prove his point that cheese is a “near-perfect” food. He also says that it can help you to live longer.

The school offers classes in cheeses from all over the world, as well as cheese and wine classes where you’ll learn how to match fantastic cheeses with their best-suited wines.

So if you fancy becoming a curd nerd, book one of these courses. We’re going to.