Cheese Guides

No matter how stinky, ooey-gooey, or fresh the cheese, shop for, cook with, and serve it with confidence by consulting our how-to cheese guides.

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Essential French Cheeses and How to Serve Them, According to a Cheesemonger

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You've Been Pairing Beer and Cheese All Wrong, According to 6 Beer Experts

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How to Store Cheese

Murray's cheese box with four cheese on their wrapping on a blue surface

We Tried 5 Cheese Subscription Boxes to Find the Best for Date Night and Beyond

A wheel of brie cheese with a slice cut and slightly pulled away to show the creamy interior.

10 Tips for Storing and Serving Cheese

A Guide to Manchego Cheese Varieties

Explore Cheese Guides

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What Is American Cheese, Anyway?

Beyond Chevre: 10 Essential Goat Milk Cheeses to Know and Love

Brie and Nutella Grilled Cheese

The Science of Melting Cheese

A wheel of camembert next to it's wooden packaging.

A Guide to Different Types of Cheese You Should Know

Wedges of different cheeses on cutting boards with cheese knives.

A Cheese Expert's Guide to 10 Essential Cheeses to Know and Love

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The Best Way to Finely Grate Cheese for Pasta

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A Guide to Nine Awesome Italian Cheeses Everyone Should Know

All nine tubs of ricotta that Serious Eats staff sampled.

The Best Ricotta Cheese | Taste Test

close-up of charred grilling cheese soft taco with avocado and pico de gallo

5 Delicious Cheeses You Should Throw on the Grill

Cheese Expert's Picks: 10 Essential Sheep Milk Cheeses to Know and Love

Several split french bread on a cutting board, slathered with tomato sauce and topped with differnet brands of cubed low-moisture mozzarella.

The Best Low-Moisture Mozzarella For Pizzas

Cheese 101: The Stinky World of Washed Rind Cheese

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Cheese 101: Hard Facts About Hard Cheese

In Search of the Best American Cheese | The Burger Lab

The Serious Eats Cheese and Wine Pairing Cheat Sheet

Cheese Confessionals: I Ate Casu Marzu, aka 'Maggot Cheese'

A Brief Guide to Great Stinky Cheeses

Seriously Italian: In Praise of Pecorino

Serious Cheese: What's the Deal with Raw Milk Cheese?

Cheese 101: The Unified Theory of Pairing Cured Meat and Cheese

Thick cheese sauce dribbling off of a whisk into a saucepan full of more cheese sauce.

For Smooth, Stable Cheese Sauces, Cornstarch and Evaporated Milk Are Your Friends

What You're Really Getting When You Buy Parmesan Cheese in America

How to Make the Ultimate Thanksgiving Cheese Plate

Let's Talk About Ordering Cheese Online

A Cheese You Should Be Eating: Beaufort

Get To Know the Microbes and Bacteria That Bring Us the Cheese We Love

Eat This Cheese: St. Marcellin

A selection of differently-shaped cheeses made from buffalo milk.

Why Elusive Buffalo Milk Cheeses Are Worth Hunting Down

Seriously Italian: Punctuating Flavors with Ricotta Salata

Why Good Cheese Doesn't Come Cheap: The Sneaky Multipliers of Cheesemaking

Eat This Cheese: Brebirousse d'Argental

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Blue Cheese 101

Is Domestic Parmesan Cheese Worth Using? | Taste Test

A ball of fresh mozzarella sliced open on a cutting board.

Can You Rescue Poorly Stored Mozzarella? | The Food Lab

Braided Armenian String Cheese

Braided Armenian String Cheese

How to Wrap and Store Cheese

2 Vegan Cheeses That Anyone Can Love

Eat This Cheese: Délice de Bourgogne

Seriously Italian: Robiolina

Cheese 101: How 4 Simple Ingredients Yield 10 Zillion Different Cheeses

Three cheese boards with an assortment of cheeses and four cheese knives.

How to Pair Cheese With Sparkling Wine

Lancashire cheese

A Tale of 2 Cheeses: How Cheddar Beat Lancashire in the Industrial Age

Humboldt Fog

7 Great Goat Cheeses You Should Know

Cheese 101: All About Fresh Milk Cheese

L'Etivaz and the Microbial Terroir of Cheese

An Introduction to Blue Cheese: 4 Beginner Blues for Newbies

The Secrets of Aging Cheese: A Tour of Murray's Cheese Caves

Cheese 101: Why Imported Italian Mozzarella Isn't Always Better

Cheese 101: The World of Real 'Swiss' Cheese

An assortment of cheeses, each on a separate plate with cheese knives.

Staff Picks: The Cheeses We Go Crazy For

Cheese 101: Southern Cheese Worth Seeking Out

Our Favorite Fresh Goat Cheeses to Eat in Spring

My Latest Obsession: Polder Gold Aged Goat Cheese from Henri Willig

A Quick Guide to Cheese Shopping: How to Understand the Differences Between Mass-Produced and Specialty Cheeses

Cheese 101: Behind the Costs and Deliciousness of Sheep Cheese

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Cheese 101: The Incredible Cheese From America's Heartland

Obsessed: The Fight for Real Cheese

The Irish Cheese Revolution: 6 Irish Farmstead Cheeses You Should Know