The History of Brie

Perhaps the greatest, and best-known, of all French cheeses is “Brie.” It has come to be known as “The Queen of Cheeses,” for good reason. It hails from the French region of Brie, where it gets its namesake, and it is only a few hundred years old. Brie is said …

The Origins of Cheddar Cheese

Cheddar is one of the most popular cheeses in the entire world, used in everything from baking bread to making cheeseburgers. It originated in Somerset, with early records putting the time period somewhere around the end of the 12th Century. The Cheddar namesake comes from Gorge, which are caves in …