393 articles Updated October 2026
Cheese Profiles
Complete profiles for every cheese worth knowing. Origin, flavor, storage, pairings, and substitutes.
Cheese Profiles A to Z, page 15
What Is Saint-Nectaire? Fermier or Laitier? Check the Green Plaque
Saint-Nectaire is a pressed, uncooked AOP cow's milk cheese from Auvergne. See how fermier…
What Is Sainte-Maure de Touraine? What the Straw Through It Is For
Sainte-Maure de Touraine is a raw goat's milk PDO log with an engraved cereal…
What Is Sbrinz Cheese? Why It Ages Standing Up and Serves in Shards
Sbrinz is an extra-hard Swiss AOP raw-milk cheese. See its 18-, 22-, and 30-month…
What Is Scamorza Cheese? Why It Has a Neck, and Smoked vs Plain
Scamorza is a pear-shaped stretched-curd cheese tied at the neck. See how plain and…
What Is Selles-sur-Cher Cheese, and Why Is the Disk Flat and Coated in Ash?
Selles-sur-Cher is a raw goat's milk PDO disk coated in vegetable charcoal: why it…
What Is Smoked Gouda Cheese? How It Is Smoked and What It Tastes Like
Smoked Gouda is Gouda smoked over hardwood, smoked as curd, or given smoke flavoring.…
What Is Sparkenhoe Red Leicester? What Makes It Different From the Block?
Sparkenhoe is a raw milk, cloth-bound Red Leicester made with animal rennet on one…
What Is Stilton Cheese? How Its Blue Veins Form in the Wheel
Stilton PDO is England's premier blue cheese, made in only 3 counties. Flavor, blue…
What Is Stracchino Cheese? Labels, Uses, Storage, and Safety
Stracchino is a fresh, soft Italian cow's-milk cheese. Compare current labels, buying cues, cooking…
What Is Stracciatella? The Burrata Filling Sold on Its Own
Stracciatella is shredded stretched curd mixed with cream, the filling inside burrata. See how…
What Is String Cheese? Why Does It Peel into Strands, and Does It Melt?
String cheese is stretched curd whose proteins line up so it peels into strands.…
What Is Swiss Cheese? Why It Has Holes and How It Relates to Emmental
Swiss cheese gets its holes from Propionibacterium freydenreichii gas during aging. Learn about eye…
What Is Taleggio Cheese? Understanding Its Rind and Creamy Centre
Taleggio pairs a pungent washed rind with a creamy centre. Learn its DOP rules,…
What Is Teleme Cheese? How Ripeness Changes Texture and Use
California Teleme is a cow's-milk, rice-flour-dusted soft-ripened cheese. Learn how to judge ripeness, serve…
What Is Tilsiter Cheese? Which Label Should You Buy, and Does It Melt?
Learn what Tilsiter cheese tastes like, how red, green, yellow, blue, and black labels…
What Is Tomme Cheese? What Does It Actually Mean on a Cheese Label?
Tomme is a family name, not one recipe. See what three protected tommes require…
What Is Tomme de Savoie Cheese? Why Its Fat Levels Vary So Much
Tomme de Savoie is a French IGP cow's milk cheese with a gray rind…
What Is Tunworth, and Why Is Its Rind Wrinkled Not Flat?
Tunworth is a Hampshire Camembert-style cheese. What its wrinkled rind is, how the maker…
What Is Unpasteurised Farmhouse 4 Year Old? A Raw-Milk Gouda
Unpasteurised Farmhouse 4 Year Old is a raw cow's milk Gouda aged four years:…
What Is Vacherin Fribourgeois? Which Style Melts Best for Fondue?
Vacherin Fribourgeois is a Swiss AOP cheese made for smooth fondue. Compare its six…
What Is Vacherin Mont d'Or? Two Protected Cheeses and How to Bake the Box
Vacherin Mont d'Or is a soft spruce-bound Jura cheese protected twice: a Swiss PDO…
What Is Vintage Lot 18 Cheese? What Eighteen Months Does to a Dutch Gouda
Vintage Lot 18 is Artikaas's 18-month Dutch Gouda made from pasteurized cow's milk. Flavor,…
What Is Wensleydale Cheese? Why Moist Crumble Is the Quality Signal
Wensleydale is a crumbly Yorkshire cow's milk cheese with a honeyed finish. See what…
What Is Yarra Valley Vintage Savourine? An Ash-Coated Goat Cheese
Yarra Valley Vintage Savourine is an ash-coated goat cheese log from Victoria, matured over…
