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Square slab of pale pressed cheese beside a mug of tea - Byaslag | KnowTheCheese

What Is Byaslag Cheese? Why Mongolian Cheese Has No Single Recipe

Byaslag is a pressed Mongolian cheese made with cow, yak, goat, or sheep milk.…

Small goat cheese disc whole and cut beside a walnut - Cabécou | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cabécou Cheese? Is It the Same as Rocamadour?

Cabécou is a family name for small goat cheeses from south-west France, and Rocamadour…

Small peppered white goat cheese on chestnut leaves beside a leaf-wrapped cheese - Cabécou Feuille d'Armagnac | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cabécou Feuille d'Armagnac, and Which Brandy Does It Use?

Cabécou Feuille d'Armagnac is a small Périgord goat cheese dipped in brandy, peppered, and…

Short oatmeal-coated cheese log with the end cut to show a pale center - Caboc | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caboc Cheese? Why Is It Rolled in Oatmeal and Made Without Rennet?

Caboc is a soft double-cream cheese from Tain, made without rennet and rolled in…

Illustration of a cloth-wrapped cheddar wheel beside a cut wedge and crumbs - Cabot Clothbound | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cabot Clothbound Cheddar? What Cloth Aging Does to a Cheddar

Cabot Clothbound is a pasteurized Vermont cheddar made by Cabot and aged 9 to…

Wedge of blue cheese with ivory paste, blue-green veins and a thin gray rind - Cabrales | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cabrales Cheese? Why Its PDO Requires Aging in Natural Caves

Cabrales is a raw-milk PDO blue cheese from Asturias, aged at least two months…

Earthenware crock of coarse strong cheese spread with hot toast - Cachaille | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cachaille Cheese? How a Fermented Cheese Pot Is Kept Alive

Cachaille is a strong southeastern French cheese preparation made from leftover cheeses, wine or…

Illustration of a block and slices of pale ivory semisoft cheese - Cacio de Roma | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cacio de Roma Cheese? Is It the Same Cheese as Pecorino Romano?

Cacio de Roma is a pasteurized sheep's milk cheese from Lazio aged about 40…

Illustration of a pear-shaped caciocavallo with a wine-coloured rind and a cut half with light yellow paste beside a barrel - Caciobarricato | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciobarricato? A Wine-Barrel Caciocavallo From Veneto

Caciobarricato is a raw-milk caciocavallo refined in wine barriques. Learn its UBRIACO method, age,…

Whole small cylindrical cheese with a ridged malt-brown rind beside a halved one with pale paste - Caciobirraio | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciobirraio Cheese? Can You Still Buy This Beer-Rind Wheel?

Caciobirraio is a small cow's milk caciotta matured in beer by La Casearia Carpenedo.…

Two Caciocavallo cheeses tied as a pair and hung astride a wooden pole - Caciocavallo Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciocavallo Cheese? Why Is It Shaped Like a Gourd and Hung to Age?

Caciocavallo is a southern Italian stretched-curd cheese tied in pairs and hung to ripen.…

Cord-tied rounded cheese beside a cut wedge - Caciocavallo di Bufala | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciocavallo di Bufala Cheese? What Buffalo Milk Changes

Caciocavallo di Bufala is Quattro Portoni's pasteurized buffalo milk cheese, aged at least 90…

Amber-rinded caciocavallo form beside a cut wedge showing its sheet-like paste - Caciocavallo Podolico Vetus | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciocavallo Podolico Vetus? Casa Madaio's Cave-Aged Cheese

Caciocavallo Podolico Vetus is Casa Madaio's cow's milk caciocavallo, finished for one to two…

Cut wheel with black truffle pieces in ivory paste - Caciotta al Tartufo | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciotta al Tartufo, and Is Its Truffle Real?

Mitica Caciotta al Tartufo uses pasteurized cow's and sheep's milk and black truffle, aged…

Caciotta-style small cheese wheel with olives, bread, and olive oil - Caciotta cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caciotta Cheese? Read the Label Before You Buy

Caciotta is a broad Italian cheese name. Compare current milk, age, rind, storage, cooking,…

Illustration of a cut wedge of pale yellow cheddar with a natural rind, for Cacow Belle | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cacow Belle? A Chocolate Cheddar No Longer on Rogue's List

Cacow Belle is a cheddar Rogue Creamery blended with Lillie Belle Farm chocolates and…

Illustration of a flat round pale cheese cut open on a stoneware plate beside bread and apple slices - Caerphilly | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caerphilly Cheese? Young Welsh PGI or Riper Farmhouse Wheel?

Caerphilly is the only native cheese of Wales under its PGI. See how the…

Illustration of a small white-rind cheese round cut beside bread and apple

What Is Camembert Cheese? Protected Name, Ripeness and Baking

Understand Camembert de Normandie AOP versus other Camembert, choose a round by ripeness, bake…

Pale Cheddar block, orange wedge, and crumbly aged wedge on paper - Canadian Cheddar cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Canadian Cheddar Cheese? What Aged and Canada 1 Actually Mean

Canadian Cheddar must meet federal composition rules, while age, grade, colour, and origin claims…

Cut Canastra-style wheel with a thin yellowish rind and pale paste - Canastra cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Canastra Cheese? How Pingo Starter Shapes Every Batch

Canastra is a raw cow's milk cheese from Minas Gerais made with pingo, whey…

Basket-marked hard cheese wheel with a firm straw-colored paste - Canestrato | KnowTheCheese

What Is Canestrato Cheese? Which One Are You Buying, and Why the Basket?

Canestrato names several southern Italian basket-molded cheeses. Compare milk, protected types, age, flavor, buying…

Tall wedge of Cantal with a dry grey-white and golden rind and firm pale yellow paste - Cantal

What Is Cantal Cheese? Jeune, Entre-Deux, or Vieux?

Cantal is a twice-pressed AOP cow's milk cheese from Auvergne. See how long jeune,…

Illustration of an oval white-rind cheese with one wedge removed and a smooth pale center - Caprice des Dieux | KnowTheCheese

What Is Caprice des Dieux? When Is It Ripe and Is the Rind Edible?

Caprice des Dieux is a mild French oval cheese with a thin white bloomy…

Wedge of blue-veined cheese with ivory paste and a natural rind beside pear slices and bread - Cashel Blue | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cashel Blue Cheese? How Age Turns It from Firm to Spreadable

Cashel Blue is a pasteurized Irish cow's milk blue made since 1984. See how…