For a firm washed-rind cheese like Gruyère, it may be physically harder to eat the rind because it's hard, but you still can if you'd like.

Washed rind cheeses like Taleggio —or anything in the funky, slightly stinky category—can be eaten, but while these cheeses can have rinds that are edible and supple they tend to have residual ...

The rind of this cheese is washed with marc, which is French brandy distilled from pomace, or the grape bits that are leftover from the winemaking process — you may be more familiar with grappa ...

6. Riesling & washed rind A washed rind cheese will go beautifully with an off-dry Riesling, as the softly perceptible sweetness of the wine will perfectly balance the stinkiness of the cheese. 7.

In the world of cheese, there are a handful of distinct varieties: fresh cheeses, like Boursin; aged cheeses, like Parmigiano-Reggiano; bloomy-rind cheeses like Brie; and finally, the washed-rind ...

A Scottish cheesemaker is billing his washed-rind cheese as the most putrid-smelling, even though he doesn't really know. It's working: He can't keep it in stock.

A satiny washed-rind beauty named Prufrock was the first cheese made at the Grey Barn, a farm and dairy on Martha’s Vineyard, which was established in 2009 and began selling the cheese in 2012.