Tag: mimolette

  • 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…

  • Behold, the Mighty Mite!

    Behold, the Mighty Mite!

    Let’s face it, cheese is no angel. And by that, I mean it’s not a purified, pristine substance. Cheese is home to happy, thriving molds, yeasts, and bacteria. I know a lot of people would rather not admit this is true, just as they would rather live in blissful ignorance that their ground beef came…