Cheese Profiles
Complete profiles for every cheese worth knowing. Origin, flavor, storage, pairings, and substitutes.
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Why Is Aarewasser Cheese Washed with Aare River Water?
Aarewasser is a raw-milk Swiss cheese washed with Aare water. Learn how its gray…
Why Is Almnäs Tegel Shaped Like a Brick, and How Does It Taste?
Almnäs Tegel is a Swedish raw cow's milk cheese from Almnäs Bruk, shaped like…
Why Is Azeitão Set With Cardoon Instead of Rennet?
Azeitão is a Portuguese PDO sheep milk cheese with a soft rind and buttery…
Why Is Banon Wrapped in Chestnut Leaves, and Is It Raw?
Banon is a small raw goat milk cheese from Haute-Provence wrapped in chestnut leaves…
Why Is Blacksticks Blue Orange, and How Mild Is It?
Blacksticks Blue is a mild, creamy Lancashire blue with an orange annatto-colored paste. Learn…
Why Is Buxton Blue Russet, and Where Can It Be Made?
Buxton Blue is a russet English PDO cheese with mild blue tang. See its…
Why Is Caboc Rolled in Oatmeal, and Made Without Rennet?
Caboc is a soft Scottish double-cream cheese shaped into small logs and rolled in…
Why Is Caciocavallo Shaped Like a Gourd and Hung to Age?
Caciocavallo is a southern Italian pasta filata cheese aged in tied gourd forms. Learn…
Why Is Chaumes Orange, and Can You Eat the Rind?
Chaumes is a French washed-rind cow's milk cheese with an orange rind and supple…
Why Is Cornish Blue So Much Milder Than Stilton?
Cornish Blue is a young, mild blue cheese made on Bodmin Moor. Learn its…
Why Is Cougar Gold Sold in a Can, and Does It Keep?
Cougar Gold is WSU's natural white Cheddar aged in a refrigerated can. Learn what…
Why Is Danish Feta Now Sold as Danish White Instead?
Danish feta cheese usually means Danish white salad cheese: a mild cow's milk brined…
Why Is Mimolette Orange, and Which Age Should You Buy?
Mimolette is a French orange cow's milk cheese that changes from supple to brittle…
Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes and How It Relates to Emmental
Swiss cheese gets its holes from Propionibacterium freydenreichii gas during aging. Learn about eye…
Why Was Bel Paese Created, and What Does It Melt Like?
Bel Paese was created as a mild modern Italian cheese meant to compete with…
Young or Aged Brick Cheese: Which One Does Your Pizza Need?
Brick Cheese can mean mild Wisconsin pizza cheese or a pungent aged washed-rind cheese.…
Zigljen Iz Extra Mature: A Dalmatian Finishing Cheese
Zigljen Iz Extra Mature is a Croatian pasteurized cow and sheep milk hard cheese…
