At the inaugural Raclette World Championships in the Swiss Alps, the world’s best cheese varieties battled it out for the top spot. The Swiss native dish dates back centuries to a time when ...

Under Miyajima’s influence, however, Tokachi’s cheesemakers have taken a European style of cheese, raclette, and made it their own. Miyajima made his first raclette 27 years ago.

This restaurant serves raclette, a traditional dish of melted Alpine cheese, including Morbierm and raclette de chevre. Cheese wheels are heated until piping hot, then scraped onto platters of ...