Cheese is traditionally made from Cow, Goat, Sheep, or Buffalo milk. The astounding variety of....
Aside from the animal/breed, it's "terroir" and time of milking, how a cheese is processed and...
Acidification: Lactose (milk sugar) is converted to Lactic Acid in a process called......
Separation of Curds & Whey is the next step in cheese making. Curds (the solids) are cut according.....
Salting enhances a cheese's flavor, acts as a preservative during aging and helps the cheese form...
Cheddaring and Cooking are two optional methods of manipulating cheese and changing its....
Shaping of the cheese affects more than presentation, it also influences the...
Rind is the exterior layer of the cheese and is almost always edible. Cloth,...
Washed-rind cheeses are cheeses that have been washed with a....
Smear-ripened cheeses are washed in a brine with the primary purpose of...
Cheeses like Stilton have a Natural Rind, a thin crust that develops as the....
Bloomy Rinds, such as the rinds of Brie, Camembert and St. Andre, are...