Upcycling rinds is a great way to create something new with excess food waste, leading to a more sustainable way to cook with cheese. Before cooking with cheese rinds, be sure to clean them.

Every single cheese that you come in contact with has had some level of affinage. I, personally, I love washed rind cheeses, as you can tell. We've talked about it several times during this interview.

On a recent episode of Pizza Quest, host Peter Reinhart and cheese expert Mark Todd discuss and taste several stinky cheeses, explaining that stinky cheeses are actually washed-rind cheeses ...

This outstanding cheese is also an example of the cost structures faced by small, artisanal producers. Made by Green Dirt Farm of Weston, Mo. — near Kansas City — it's ...