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Small square washed-rind Herve cheese with an orange rind and a cut wedge beside it - Herve | KnowTheCheese

What Is Herve Cheese and Why Does Its Rind Smell So Strong?

Herve is Belgium's PDO washed-rind cheese from the Pays de Herve. Learn why it…

Wedge of hard yellow cheese with a natural rind and crumbly cut face - Himmelsraften Extra | KnowTheCheese

What Is Himmelsraften Extra Cheese? A Swedish Hard Cheese From Oviken Ost

Himmelsraften Extra is an extra-aged Swedish hard cheese from Oviken Ost. See how it…

Red-wax hoop cheese wheel cut on a country-store cheese cutter - Hoop cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Hoop Cheese and Why Can the Name Mean Two Things?

Hoop cheese can mean a Southern waxed Cheddar-style wheel or pressed dry curd. Learn…

Humboldt Fog wedge with a central ash line and bloomy rind - Humboldt Fog cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Humboldt Fog Cheese and What Is the Ash Line?

Humboldt Fog is a pasteurized soft-ripened goat cheese from Cypress Grove whose grey line…

Five-layer Huntsman with orange and blue-veined layers - Huntsman cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Huntsman Cheese and How Do You Cut Its Layers?

Huntsman layers Double Gloucester and Blue Stilton in three or five layers. Learn how…

Small cylindrical straw-yellow cheese with a wedge cut out, showing small round holes in the paste - Hushållsost | KnowTheCheese

What Is Hushållsost Cheese? How Is It Used in Sweden Today?

Hushållsost is Swedish household cheese: young, mild, semi-hard cow's milk cheese with small holes.…

Whole cylindrical cheese with a pale yellow rind beside a cut wedge of ivory paste - Idiazabal | KnowTheCheese

What Is Idiazabal Cheese? Should You Buy It Smoked or Unsmoked?

Idiazabal is a raw sheep's milk cheese from the Basque Country and Navarre, sold…

Clothbound cheddar wedge with oatcakes on slate beside a window - Isle of Mull cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Isle of Mull Cheese? What Makes It Taste So Distinctive?

Isle of Mull is a raw cow's milk cheddar from the Reade family farm.…

Smooth Kaşar wheel and wedge on a Turkish breakfast table - Kashar cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kaşar Cheese, and Should You Buy It Fresh or Aged?

Kaşar is a Turkish hot-kneaded cheese sold fresh or aged. See what "eski" requires…

Block and cut slice of pale yellow semi-hard cheese - Kashkaval cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kashkaval Cheese, and How Do You Pick the Right Pack?

Kashkaval is a semi-hard stretched-curd cheese made from cow, sheep, or mixed milk. See…

Sliced pale springy Kasseri cheese - Kasseri cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kasseri Cheese? Why Sheep's Milk and Pasta Filata Change the Melt

Kasseri is a Greek PDO pasta filata cheese made from sheep's milk with limited…

Illustration of a clothbound Cheddar wheel with a cut wedge and a loose edge of cloth - Keen's Cheddar | KnowTheCheese

What Is Keen's Cheddar and Why Does Its Farmhouse Method Matter?

Keen's Cheddar is a raw-milk, cloth-bound Somerset farmhouse cheese. How it is made, how…

Wedge of Kefalograviera with firm pale-golden paste and hard rind - Kefalograviera cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kefalograviera Cheese? The Saganaki Cheese Between Two Others

Kefalograviera is a hard Greek PDO cheese of sheep's milk with up to 10%…

Wedge of hard pale Kefalotyri with small holes - Kefalotyri cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kefalotyri Cheese? Read the Milk Label Before Frying or Grating

Kefalotyri labels cover sheep-goat and cow's-milk cheeses. Learn which pack suits saganaki, what one…

Orange-rinded Cornish cheese with a creamy cut paste - Keltic Gold | KnowTheCheese

What Is Keltic Gold Cheese, and How Does the Cider Wash Work?

Keltic Gold is a Cornish cow's-milk cheese with a cider-washed orange rind. Learn how…

Ash-coated goat cheese log with bright white paste - Kidderton Ash | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kidderton Ash and Why Does White Mould Grow Through It?

Kidderton Ash is a goat's cheese log rolled in food ash, with white mould…

Golden washed-rind cheese wheel with a soft pale interior - King River Gold | KnowTheCheese

What Is King River Gold and How Does Its Washed Rind Ripen?

King River Gold is a soft washed-rind cheese from Milawa, Victoria. See how weekly…

Cut wedge of crumbly farmhouse Lancashire with a cloth-bound rind on paper - Kirkham's Lancashire | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kirkham's Lancashire Cheese? The Raw-Milk Farmhouse Lancashire

Kirkham's Lancashire is a raw-milk, cloth-bound farmhouse cheese made with animal rennet. How it…

Hard Croatian cow milk cheese wedge with apples plum jam olives and bread - Kolan Extra Mature | KnowTheCheese

What Is Kolan Extra Mature Cheese? Identity, Texture, and Serving

Identify Kolan Extra Mature, a Croatian cow's milk cheese, and distinguish its reference listing…

Small soft cheese with a wrinkled pale rind and a wedge cut away to show creamy ivory paste - La Tur | KnowTheCheese

What Is La Tur Cheese? Why the Three-Milk Blend Is the Whole Point

La Tur is a soft three-milk cheese from Caseificio dell'Alta Langa in Piedmont, made…

Round flat box of foil-wrapped processed cheese wedges beside one unwrapped wedge - La Vache Qui Rit | KnowTheCheese

What Is La Vache Qui Rit Cheese? Ingredients, Melting and Storage

La Vache Qui Rit is Bel's processed cheese wedge. Ingredients by country, whether it…

Thick labneh with olive oil, zaatar, cucumber, olives, and flatbread - Labneh cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Labneh? How to Strain, Use, and Store It Safely

Labneh is concentrated fermented milk with a tangy, spreadable texture. Learn how it differs…

Whole cylindrical pressed cheese wheel with a wedge cut out showing ivory-yellow paste under a light grey dry rind - Laguiole | KnowTheCheese

What Is Laguiole Cheese? A Raw-Milk Aubrac AOP Aged at Least Four Months

Laguiole is a raw-milk AOP cow's cheese from the Aubrac plateau, aged at least…

Cloth-bound Lancashire wedge with a pale cream, crumbly cut face - Lancashire cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Lancashire Cheese? Creamy, Tasty, or Crumbly?

Lancashire is an English cow's milk cheese sold as Creamy, Tasty or Crumbly. See…