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This sweet, caramel-brown Norwegian cheese is made by slowly cooking down whey, milk, and cream until it caramelizes.

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This cheese traces its origins to Norway.

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You can trace the roots of this cheese back to France.

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This variety of cheese originated in Norway.

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You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Finland.

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You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Georgia.

IMERULI

This cheese traces its origins to Belgium.

HERVE

This variety of cheese originated in Slovakia.

OSTIEPOK

This cheese traces its origins to Spain.

CABRALES

Cheesemakers in Greece are credited with originating this variety.

FETA

This variety of cheese originated in Finland.

LAPPI

This variety of cheese originated in Spain.

MANCHEGO

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to North Macedonia.

KASHKAVAL

This variety of cheese originated in France.

COMTE

This cheese traces its origins to Sweden.

PRASTOST

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Portugal.

SERRA

This cheese traces its origins to Romania.

URDA

This mild, loaf-shaped Danish cheese has a cream-colored, hole-dotted interior and is sometimes flavored with caraway seeds.

TYBO

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Greece.

MYZITHRA

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Croatia.

SKRIPAVAC

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Italy.

ASIAGO

This cheese is traditionally associated with the Netherlands.

LEYDEN

Cheesemakers in Spain are credited with originating this variety.

IDIAZABAL

This cheese is traditionally associated with Mexico.

CHIHUAHUA

This cheese traces its origins to Czechia.

ABERTAM

This variety of cheese originated in Switzerland.

GRUYERE

This soft Cypriot whey cheese, a byproduct of halloumi production similar to ricotta, is often used in local pastries and desserts.

ANARI

This ripened Polish cow's milk cheese, showing both Dutch and Swiss influences, comes from the Polesie region.

RADAMER

Cheesemakers in China are credited with originating this variety.

NGURI

This cheese traces its origins to Korea.

IMSIL

This cheese traces its origins to Slovakia.

PARENICA

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Belgium.

LIMBURGER

This cheese is traditionally associated with Italy.

TALEGGIO

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Armenia.

LORI

This variety of cheese originated in Sweden.

SVECIA

This cheese traces its origins to India.

PANEER

This cheese traces its origins to the Netherlands.

GOUDA

This fresh, unripened sheep's milk cheese from Poland's mountainous Podhale region is ready to eat within hours of being made.

BUNDZ

This semi-hard Norwegian cheese, whose name literally means 'key cheese,' is flavored with cumin and cloves.

NOKKELOST

This cheese is traditionally associated with Serbia.

KACKAVALJ

This mild, nutty cheese, Denmark's most widely consumed variety, is named after the island of Samsø.

SAMSO

This cheese is traditionally associated with Estonia.

ATLEET

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Norway.

NORVEGIA

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Hungary.

KARAVAN

This cheese is traditionally associated with Bosnia.

TRAPPISTA

This variety of cheese originated in Mexico.

COTIJA

This cheese traces its origins to China.

RUSHAN

Cheesemakers in England are credited with originating this variety.

CHEDDAR

This variety of cheese originated in Italy.

PECORINO

This cheese is traditionally associated with Greece.

GRAVIERA

Cheesemakers in Armenia are credited with originating this variety.

MOTAL

Cheesemakers in India are credited with originating this variety.

CHHANA

This tangy Polish blue cheese has a name that suggests Roquefort, but it's actually made from cow's milk.

ROKPOL

This cheese traces its origins to Portugal.

NISA

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Switzerland.

EMMENTAL

Cheesemakers in Denmark are credited with originating this variety.

FYNBO

This semi-hard Danish cheese, similar to Edam and coated in red wax, is named after the Mols region, famous in Danish folklore for tales of its foolish villagers.

MOLBO

This variety of cheese originated in Portugal.

AZEITAO

This cheese traces its origins to Mexico.

OAXACA

This variety of cheese originated in the Levant.

AKKAWI

This variety of cheese originated in Georgia.

TENILI

Cheesemakers in Albania are credited with originating this variety.

URDHE

This variety of cheese originated in China.

RUBING

This variety of cheese originated in Mongolia.

BYASLAG

Cheesemakers in Belgium are credited with originating this variety.

REMOUDOU

This small, ripened cow's milk cheese from Poland's Greater Poland region is a popular sandwich slicer.

LILIPUT

This variety of cheese originated in Albania.

KACKAVALL

This variety of cheese originated in Romania.

TELEMEA

This cheese is traditionally associated with India.

KALARI

This pungent, washed-rind Danish cheese takes its name from the medieval abbey where monks first produced it.

ESROM

This semi-hard, brined cheese from Cyprus has a high melting point that makes it ideal for grilling or frying.

HALLOUMI

This semi-soft, buttery Danish cheese with small irregular holes was named after the farm where it was first developed, Havarthigaard.

HAVARTI

This variety of cheese originated in Croatia.

PASKI

This cheese is traditionally associated with Spain.

MAHON

Cheesemakers in Italy are credited with originating this variety.

FONTINA

This mild, nutty Norwegian cheese with large characteristic holes, styled after Swiss Emmental, is named after the manor where it originated.

JARLSBERG

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Sweden.

GREVE

This cheese is traditionally associated with Czechia.

OLOMOUCKE

This cheese traces its origins to France.

ROQUEFORT

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to Slovakia.

BRYNDZA

This cheese is traditionally associated with Hungary.

BALATON

This fresh, unripened Polish curd cheese is a kitchen staple used to fill pierogi and top sernik cheesecake.

TWAROG

Cheesemakers in Mexico are credited with originating this variety.

ASADERO

Cheesemakers in the Netherlands are credited with originating this variety.

EDAM

This cheese traces its origins to Italy.

PROVOLONE

This cheese is traditionally associated with Denmark.

MARIBO

This cheese traces its origins to Armenia.

CHECHIL

Cheesemakers in Hungary are credited with originating this variety.

LIPTAUER

Cheesemakers in Romania are credited with originating this variety.

CAS

This cheese is traditionally associated with Sweden.

ADELOST

Cheesemakers in Czechia are credited with originating this variety.

HERMELIN

This smoked, spindle-shaped cheese, made exclusively from salted sheep's milk in Poland's Tatra Mountains, carries protected EU status.

OSCYPEK

This cheese traces its origins to Albania.

GJIZE

This cheese is traditionally associated with England.

STILTON

You can trace the roots of this cheese back to India.

BANDEL

This soft, spreadable Norwegian goat cheese, whose name means 'snow fresh,' was launched for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

SNOFRISK

This cheese is traditionally associated with Armenia.

CHANAKH

This cheese is traditionally associated with Georgia.

SULGUNI

This tangy, blue-veined Danish cheese was developed in the early 20th century as a local answer to French Roquefort.

DANABLU

Cheesemakers in Estonia are credited with originating this variety.

KADAKA
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