Cheese Archives - Page 2 of 9

Illustrated chart of nine numbered cheese knives: 1 small spade for hard cheeses, 2 narrow plane knife for semi-hard cheeses, 3 soft cheese knife for spreading, 4 cheese fork for holding and crumbling, 5 flat cheese knife for soft cheese and shaving hard, 6 fork-tipped spear to cut and serve, 7 open-work blade for soft, sticky cheeses, 8 Gorgonzola knife for spreading soft cheese, and 9 cheese slicer for thin slices

Cheese knives: Learn how to choose the right one for your next party.

The nine most common cheese knives, from the small spade to the cheese slicer, with what each one is for.

Mozzarella: Make your own at home

Ever want to make your own cheese? Mozzarella is one of the easiest cheeses to make and often one of the first cheeses that novices will venture to make at home. Below you’ll find a really easy mozzarella recipe to start you off on your path to cheesemaker. What you will need If you’re going […]

Fondue: The Complete Guide

How to make a classic Swiss cheese fondue, what to dip in it, the French words to know and the etiquette at the table.

How to eat Camembert

Most people view artisan cheese as something that can only be eaten paired with wine with a couple olives and crackers. Here I have assembled some of my favorite ways to enjoy Camembert.

The Joys of Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese sold in two styles: mild, creamy Dolce and aged, spicy Piccante. Here is how they differ, where the name comes from, and how to eat it.

Infographic of seven cheese shapes with red dashed lines showing where to cut: round and square cheeses like a cake, pyramids in wedges from the center, hard wedges sliced across, soft wedges in long slices from the tip, logs in rounds, blue wedges fanned out from the tip, and box cheeses with a lid cut off the top

How to cut cheese

Bought cheese for a party and not sure how to cut it? Three simple rules, plus diagrams for every shape: wheels, pyramids, wedges, logs, blues and box cheeses.

Stichelton and Laphroaig – peaky and misty and beguiling

Whiskey and cheese tasting

If you’re a human over the age of 18 you have probably heard of or tried pairing wine and cheese. However, you’re not limited to just pairing wine and cheese, you can also pair cheese with other alcoholic drinks like beer and whiskey.

Why brie smells like ammonia

Ever catch a whiff of ammonia from a wheel of brie? Find out why that happens and how to fix it.

Fontina: an Italian Alpine cheese

Fontina is an Italian raw milk cheese from the Val d’Aosta region of Italy. The Aosta Valley is a semi-autonomous, French-speaking region in north west of Italy, located near the Alps, by the French and Swiss borders.

Five weekends at Murray’s Cheese Bar

I’m not sure how it happened— but, I ended up spending the past 5 weekends at Murray’s Cheese Bar. It started as just enthusiasm for a great place and then turned into a quest for mayorship on Foursquare. I have written about my experience having the cheesemonger’s choice at the beginning of this year. But, […]