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A pile of golden pão de queijo cheese bread rolls on a wooden board, one torn open to show its soft, stretchy center, with a bowl of grated cheese behind

Pão de queijo: Brazilian cheese bread

Pão de queijo are small, chewy, cheesy rolls from Minas Gerais, Brazil, made with tapioca starch instead of wheat flour. Here’s how to make them at home, and which cheese to use.

Baked Brie in a small cast-iron skillet, topped with honey, toasted walnuts and rosemary, with slices of toasted baguette

Baked Brie: 8 Easy Recipes for Your Next Party

Eight baked Brie recipes worth bookmarking, from a five-minute honey and walnut wedge to make-ahead bites for a crowd.

Infographic of a round wooden cheese board divided into sections: half for cheese (3 to 5 kinds, half an ounce to 1 ounce of each per guest), the rest for sweet, salty and crunchy foods, with a drink and one knife per cheese on the side

How to build a cheese board (and how much cheese to buy)

How many cheeses to pick, how much to buy per guest, how to lay out the board and the few pieces of gear that make it easier.

Whey pizza dough

Making cheese leaves you with a lot of whey, and this is an easy way to use it: swap it for the water in a simple pizza dough. It makes one 12-inch pizza with a light, chewy crust. Ingredients 295 g (2½ cups) bread flour2¼ teaspoons instant yeast1½ teaspoons granulated sugar1 teaspoon kosher salt¼ teaspoon […]

cheese board with brie and toasted baguettes

How to eat Brie

To eat Brie, let it sit out for about 30 minutes, then cut it in slices that run from the point to the rind, and eat the rind along with the creamy inside. Serve it with baguette, fruit, nuts or honey, or bake it whole. Below are the etiquette, some wine pairings and an easy […]

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.

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.

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.

Pot of white cheese curds floating in pale yellow-green whey

How to make the most of your whey

If you’ve tried making cheese or Greek yogurt, you have probably dumped several cups of whey down the sink. Read this article to learn how to repurpose whey in other cooking projects.