Where To Buy Your Cheese
Western Australia
Ha Ve Harvey – Wokalup
Family owned and operated, this company's products can also be found in many Perth food stores and grocers.Carine Cuisine – Duncraig
You can find this shop in the Carine Glades Shopping Centre, and in it, possibly the largest range of cheese in Perth.C Lo Presti & Son – East Fremantle
Authentic Italian food store that stocks cheeses, olives and dry goods from Australia and Europe.
Fresh/whey
Soft and spreadable things like ricotta, quesa fresco, cottage cheese, goat's milk chevre and even mozzarella fall into this category. They're often lumpy and moisture-filled items you can put in sauces, desserts and baked goods. Mmm, lumpy.
Medium-hard
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The sharp-tasting, holey ones: gouda, jarlsberg, gruyere. The cheeses you use in sandwiches where the cheese is meant to be the hero.
Semi-hard/hard
Get your mind out of the gutter. This is the stuff that's good for eating by itself, or on crackers, like cheddar (smoked cheddar tastes like bacon-flavoured cheese?!) and colby, and also stuff that's good for grating, like parmesan.
Mouldy
When people think mouldy cheese, blue cheese like gorgonzola springs to mind; real cheese-lover's cheese, the smelliest and ugliest of the lot. That definitely falls into the category, but so do gooey varieties like brie and camembert, two of the most inoffensive and accessible tasting cheeses. Try gorgonzola on pizza or paired with pears, or bake a little wheel of brie or camembert in a ramekin in the oven to make a mini-fondue thingy.
Brined
Brined cheeses include feta and halloumi – they're largely the salty and crumbly kind. People who don't like these cheeses often blame it on their odour, which they compare to sweaty feet.
Soy/cashew/imitation
For vegans and the extremely lactose intolerant: totally dairy-free. Some brands are passable, while some taste like the opposite of what cheese is supposed to taste like. Vegan cheesecakes made primarily from nuts and oil can be surprisingly creamy and delicious though.