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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What Is American Cheese, Anyway?
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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
a slab of gorgonzola cheese
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
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5 Delicious Cheeses You Should Throw on the Grill
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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
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In Search of the Best American Cheese | The Burger Lab
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The Serious Eats Cheese and Wine Pairing Cheat Sheet
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Cheese Confessionals: I Ate Casu Marzu, aka 'Maggot Cheese'
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A Brief Guide to Great Stinky Cheeses
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Seriously Italian: In Praise of Pecorino
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Serious Cheese: What's the Deal with Raw Milk Cheese?
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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
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What You're Really Getting When You Buy Parmesan Cheese in America
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How to Make the Ultimate Thanksgiving Cheese Plate
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Let's Talk About Ordering Cheese Online
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A Cheese You Should Be Eating: Beaufort
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Get To Know the Microbes and Bacteria That Bring Us the Cheese We Love
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Eat This Cheese: St. Marcellin
A selection of differently-shaped cheeses made from buffalo milk.
Why Elusive Buffalo Milk Cheeses Are Worth Hunting Down
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Seriously Italian: Punctuating Flavors with Ricotta Salata
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Cheese 101: All About Bloomy Cheese (AKA Brie and Its Brothers)
Why Good Cheese Doesn't Come Cheap: The Sneaky Multipliers of Cheesemaking
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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
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How to Wrap and Store Cheese
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2 Vegan Cheeses That Anyone Can Love
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Eat This Cheese: Délice de Bourgogne
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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
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L'Etivaz and the Microbial Terroir of Cheese
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An Introduction to Blue Cheese: 4 Beginner Blues for Newbies
The Secrets of Aging Cheese: A Tour of Murray's Cheese Caves
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Cheese 101: Why Imported Italian Mozzarella Isn't Always Better
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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
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Cheese 101: Southern Cheese Worth Seeking Out
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Our Favorite Fresh Goat Cheeses to Eat in Spring
My Latest Obsession: Polder Gold Aged Goat Cheese from Henri Willig
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A Quick Guide to Cheese Shopping: How to Understand the Differences Between Mass-Produced and Specialty Cheeses
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Cheese 101: Behind the Costs and Deliciousness of Sheep Cheese
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Cheese 101: The Incredible Cheese From America's Heartland
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Obsessed: The Fight for Real Cheese