The catalogue
7 cheeses
Burrata
Puglia, Italy
A mozzarella pouch full of cream and shredded curd. Cut it at the table.
Caciocavallo
Southern Italy, Italy
Two gourd-shaped cheeses tied together and hung over a beam, like saddlebags.
Halloumi
Cyprus, Cyprus
The cheese that grills. Its curd is cooked, so it will not melt.
Kashkaval
The Balkans, Bulgaria
The Balkan cousin of caciocavallo, carried east and kept.
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana
Campania, Italy
Water-buffalo milk, stretched by hand, eaten the same day if possible.
Provolone Piccante
Lombardy / Veneto, Italy
Stretched curd hung on ropes and aged with kid rennet until it bites back.
Queso Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Mexico
Stretched into a rope and wound into a ball, like mozzarella’s cousin in Oaxaca.