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Cheese Profiles

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Thick white creamy spread in a white dish with toast and a baked pastry - Catupiry | KnowTheCheese

What Is Catupiry? The Brazilian Requeijão Menus Use as Shorthand

Catupiry is a Brazilian requeijão cremoso brand made since 1911. See what is in…

Dark-rinded wedge of firm pale sheep cheese beside honey, nuts and crackers - Cave Aged Marisa | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cave Aged Marisa Cheese? A Carr Valley Sheep's Milk Cheese

Cave Aged Marisa is Carr Valley's pasteurized sheep's milk cheese from Wisconsin: how long…

Pale crumbly cheese wedge with broken pieces on a plate - Cheshire | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cheshire Cheese? White, Red, or Cloth-Bound?

Cheshire is a moist, crumbly cow's milk cheese from the Cheshire Plain. Compare white,…

Soft white curd beside small dried hard cubes and sticks - Chhurpi | KnowTheCheese

What Is Chhurpi Cheese? How Do Soft and Hard Types Differ?

Chhurpi is a Himalayan cheese sold as soft white curd or as pressed, dried…

Wedge and slices of pale meltable Chihuahua cheese - Chihuahua cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Chihuahua Cheese? Is It the Same as Queso Menonita?

Chihuahua cheese is one of Mexico's best melting cheeses. Learn how it tastes, how…

Browned Coalho cheese sticks with cane molasses and oregano | KnowTheCheese

What Is Coalho Cheese? Why Does It Brown on the Grill Without Melting Away?

Coalho is a young Brazilian cheese that browns on the grill and keeps its…

Pale yellow crumbly piece of mature Cheddar beside an apple half and a round biscuit on a dark green plate - Coastal Cheddar | KnowTheCheese

What Is Coastal Cheddar? Why Does It Crunch, and Does the Coast Matter?

Coastal Cheddar is Ford Farm's Dorset cheese, aged up to 15 months. See where…

Marbled Colby Jack block, slices and cubes beside a cheeseburger and apple slices - Colby Jack Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Colby Jack Cheese? What the Marble Blend Actually Does for You

Colby Jack presses Colby and Monterey Jack curds into one marbled block, first made…

Orange cheese spread in a crock with crackers, pretzels, celery, pickles and a glass of beer - Cold Pack | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cold Pack Cheese? A No-Heat Wisconsin Cheese Spread

Cold pack cheese is cheese ground into a spread without heat. See how it…

Bloomy rind cheese cut open with a black truffle seam - College White With Truffles | KnowTheCheese

What Is College White With Truffles? What to Buy and How to Serve It

Meet Oxford College White With Truffles, a soft cheese with a black truffle layer.…

Illustration of a small round of red-orange washed-rind cheese with a wedge cut out - ColoRouge | KnowTheCheese

What Is Colorouge Cheese? How the Rind Changes From Week One to Week Eight

Colorouge is a pasteurized Colorado washed-rind cheese that turns from mild and buttery to…

Traditional blue Stilton wedge with pear walnuts oat crackers and port - Colston Bassett Stilton | KnowTheCheese

What Is Colston Bassett Stilton? Buying, Serving and Rennet

Learn what distinguishes Colston Bassett Stilton, why the retailer's rennet specification matters, and how…

Small Brie style cheese with apple hazelnuts bread and honey - Comox Brie | KnowTheCheese

What Is Comox Brie? Natural Pastures Cheese from Vancouver Island

Comox Brie is a cow milk bloomy-rind cheese from Natural Pastures in Courtenay. Learn…

Wedge of Comté with ivory-yellow paste, a few small holes and a brown rind - Comte | KnowTheCheese

What Is Comté Cheese? Age, Band Color, and How to Buy It

Comté is a raw cow's milk AOP cheese from the Jura, ripened at least…

Illustration of a yellow-coated wheel with one wedge cut out - Coolea | KnowTheCheese

What Is Coolea? A Dutch Gouda Recipe Made Sweet in County Cork

Coolea is a pasteurised Irish farmhouse cheese from County Cork, made with a Dutch…

Cut wedge and cut wheel of blue-veined cheese with scattered blue-grey veins - Cornish Blue | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cornish Blue Cheese? Why Is It So Much Milder Than Stilton?

Cornish Blue is a pasteurized cow's milk blue from Knowle Farm, Cornwall, made for…

Whole Cornish Yarg truckle and cut wedge with white mould over nettle leaves - Cornish Yarg | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cornish Yarg? Why Nettles, and Can You Eat the Rind?

Cornish Yarg is a Cornish Caerphilly-style cheese wrapped in nettles. Learn how its edible…

Cotherstone wheel with a wedge cut away, pale creamy paste with small openings - Cotherstone | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cotherstone Cheese? The Dales Cheese That Nearly Disappeared

Cotherstone is a young Dales-style cow's milk cheese from Teesdale, revived in 2024. See…

Cotija wedge with crumbled and grated cheese - Cotija Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cotija Cheese? How to Use It as a Finisher

Cotija is a salty Mexican cow's milk cheese that softens but does not melt.…

Illustration of a cut orange cheese wedge with green chive flecks and onion pieces beside fresh chives and a halved onion - Cotswold | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cotswold Cheese? Double Gloucester with Onion and Chives

Cotswold is Double Gloucester blended with onion and chives, first made by Long Clawson…

Cottage cheese with small white curds, fruit, toast, and chives - Cottage cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cottage Cheese? Choose It by Protein, Curd Size, and Use

Cottage cheese packs 14g protein per half cup with only 110 calories. curd sizes,…

Round of Coulommiers with bloomy rind and supple ivory paste - Coulommiers cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Coulommiers Cheese? Taste, Ripeness, and Storage

Learn what Coulommiers is, how to read its center, compare it with Brie and…

Soft white block of fresh cream cheese with a knife swipe - cream cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Cream Cheese? Choose It by Format for Spreading, Mixing, or Baking

Cream cheese must contain at least 33% milkfat by FDA rules. Full profile: how…

Three small flat Crottin de Chavignol cheeses, from an ivory rind to a rind covered in blue-grey mould, with a glass of white wine - Crottin de Chavignol

What Is Crottin de Chavignol? Which Stage of the Puck Do You Want?

Crottin de Chavignol is a 60 to 90 g raw goat's milk AOP cheese…