I’ve had a love-hate relationship with brie for a while now, vacillating between brands that make me go “yum,” to the ones that induce a gag reflex. In my general obsessive-compulsive fashion, I have spent so many midnight snacks trying to find a brie that evokes the words that I have read about it.

I may have met the brie I want from President, which they sell at Costco (in Costco-size portions, natch!). It’s a very mild cheese without the reek of ammonia that I got from the first few little samples of brie that I got from both the local supermarket and whole foods.

This is really good cheese. Nor do I find myself adulterating it in any way, with brown sugar or fruit or jam or whatever. However, my midnight snack involves brie, dark chocolate, and some white wine. What a way to end a night.