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  • The Most Dangerous Cheese—But Also the Most Adorable

    The Most Dangerous Cheese—But Also the Most Adorable

    Let’s talk about one of the cutest little hard cheeses, Mimolette. Its name is adorable. (It’s pronounced “Mee-moh-let.”) It’s a little round ball; weighing around seven to eight pounds and measuring about seven to eight inches in diameter, Mimolette is fairly light as hard cheeses go. It kind of looks like a cantaloupe—or like a little…

  • These Puns are so Gouda!

    These Puns are so Gouda!

    Yet another Sunday Pun-Day is upon us, and I have traveled to the ends of the earth, collecting puns featuring the most ubiquitous Dutch cheese we know in America—and it’s a good one—Gouda. Warning: these jokes only work if you aren’t obnoxious about insisting that you pronounce the name “Gow-da,” the Dutch way. You have…