Cheese Glossary

Demystify the terms tossed out by cheesemongers and master the language of cheese. A read through our cheese terms and definitions, below, will give you new confidence the next time you approach a cheese counter. And you’ll discover new types of cheeses! If you’d like to suggest additional cheese definitions, click on the link. When you’re finished with cheese, you can look at our other food glossaries.

This is Page 1 of a 12-page glossary. You can go immediately to the glossary. But before you start, we’d like to point out why some cheeses are spelled with a capital letter and others aren’t. It can appear to be capricious (or an error), but it isn’t.

To read the rest of the story, please go to: The Nibble.