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What Are Cheese Mites?


Cheese mites are considered everything from a nuisance to something to celebrate—what are they and what do they do?

A plastic-gloved researcher holds up a petri dish of Listeria bacteria

Coming Clean on Listeria


A microbiologist explains how to keep cheese safe from bad bacteria

three backpackers hiking on a mountain path

What’s a Good Camping Cheese?


Charlotte Kamin gives suggestions for cheeses that don’t need refrigeration—perfect for a camping trip

camels grazing on scrub land

Camel dairy in your cheese?


The absence of cheese in camel cultures around the world hasn’t stopped scientists from trying to produce a European-style camel’s milk cheese

Why Do Some Cheeses Smell like Ammonia?


Cheesemonger Carlos Souffront weighs why softer cheeses can develop an ammonia smell.

What’s the Difference Between Brie and Camembert?


Carlos Souffront explains the differences between Brie and Camembert by looking at the original recipes

man carving a piece of cheese into a likeness of a girl and her prize-winning cow

Chipping Away: The Art of Carving Cheese


It’s not quite the same as Michelangelo, but these artists use cheese carving to create masterpieces

Hue Bet


How some cheeses came to be the color of carrots

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