Cheese

There are hundreds of different cheeses all over the globe. It is an ancient food which predates recorded history. No one is quite sure where it originated but ancient Greek mythology credited Aristaeus with the discovery of cheese. Homer’s Odyssey (8th Century BCE) describes the Cyclops making and storing sheep’s and goats’ milk cheese.

Cheese comes in a variety of styles, textures and flavours. One way of dividing up the many different cheeses is to separate them depending on what animal the milk comes from. The most common milk used is that from a cow, however, milk from sheep, goats, buffalo, reindeer, camels and yaks is also used. This is obviously dependant on the animals available in different countries. You don’t find many British cheeses made from camel’s milk.

Through this blog I am going to go through some of my favourite cheeses and some I have never tried before from various countries, with a variety of textures and flavours. I will also be giving you some information about how to make up cheese platters ranging from easy to the more difficult.

There will be daily updates so keep checking!