Named for the village in County Cork where it's made, this washed-rind cow's milk cheese is the invention of an Irish cheesemaking pioneer, a former Dublin fashion designer named Jeffa Gill.

Giana initially intended to make a cheddar-style cheese, but the wheels kept becoming infected with Brevibacterium linens, a flavor-inducing bacterium that is essential to some washed-rind cheeses ...

Word quickly spread about the creamy, rind-washed cheese coming from Gubbeen ... who’s going to eat salami? We’re Irish. We just want bacon and cabbage and ham and those things.

I can pretty safely say that Barry's is to Irish tea times what Guinness is to pubs. It's that big a deal. Ardrahan This is a wonderful, full-flavored but not too strong, washed-rind cheese from ...

Brewer’s Gold A semi-soft cow’s milk cheese made with organic milk from The Little Milk Company in Dungarvan Co. Waterford. Rind-washed in beers and ales from Irish craft brewer’s like O ...

Stinky cheeses are actually called washed-rind cheeses I regret to inform you that this genre of dairy products is not officially titled “stinky cheeses.” The proper term for these aromatic ...

For example: A guide to stinky cheese on Serious Eats describes the smell of Ardrahan, an Irish washed-rind cheese, as ranging “from lightly barnyard, to peanutty, to full on funk.” ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. From classic kosher dill spears to pepperoncini, pickles are a staple ingredient we pile onto our cheeseburgers, serve alongside a grilled ...