Every cheese

Jutland, Denmark

Denmark’s 1920s answer to Roquefort, made with cow’s milk and no apology.

North Holland, Netherlands

The ball in red wax that provisioned half the world’s navies.

Emmental, Bern, Switzerland

The one with the holes — carbon dioxide, from a bacterium, over months.

North Zealand, Denmark

A monastery-style washed rind that smells louder than it tastes.

Mainland Greece & Lesbos, Greece

Sheep’s milk in brine — and since 2002, only from Greece.

Aosta Valley, Italy

The alpine melter behind fonduta, made from a single breed’s raw milk.

Auvergne / Puy-de-Dôme, France

The gentlest of the great French blues, in a tall narrow cylinder.

Catalonia, Spain

A grey-furred Catalan goat cheese, revived in the 1980s by back-to-the-landers.

Lombardy / Piedmont, Italy

The soft, sweet Gorgonzola — a blue you can eat with a spoon.

Po Valley, Italy

Parmigiano’s older, larger, gentler cousin from across the Po Valley.

Crete & Naxos, Greece

Greece’s take on Gruyère, made mostly from sheep’s milk.

Cyprus, Cyprus

The cheese that grills. Its curd is cooked, so it will not melt.

Zealand, Denmark

The buttery Danish table cheese that gave this catalogue its name.

Humboldt County, California, United States

A ripening line of ash through the middle, drawn from a dream.

Basque Country / Navarre, Spain

Basque shepherds’ cheese, smoked because the huts had no chimneys.

The Balkans, Bulgaria

The Balkan cousin of caciocavallo, carried east and kept.

Fribourg, Switzerland

No holes. Whatever the cartoons told you, that is Emmentaler.

Leiden, Netherlands

Gouda’s spiced cousin, packed with cumin and caraway seed.

Allgäu, Germany

The bacterium that makes it smell also lives on human feet. Genuinely.

Menorca, Spain

A square-edged Balearic cheese, rubbed orange with paprika and olive oil.

La Mancha, Spain

Manchega sheep, La Mancha scrub, and a rind patterned by esparto grass.

Iowa, United States

Made since 1941 by the washing-machine family, from a university recipe.

Lille / Flanders, France

A bright orange sphere with a pitted rind, courtesy of live mites.

Franche-Comté, France

The one with the black line through the middle.