At first glance, Brie and Camembert—two of France’s most famous and widely available cheeses—seem to have a lot in common. For starters, they both come in wheels of creamy deliciousness. They’re also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cutting brie in a cheese store in London in 2007. (Cate Gillon/Getty Images) (Cate Gillon via Getty Images) Legend has it that the ...

To be called Camembert, a cheese has to weigh at least 250 grams, be 10 centimeters in diameter, and have about 22% fat content. The iconic cheese originated in the northern French region of Normandy, ...

CAMEMBERT, France — On a tiny farm tucked into the lush, green hillside of Normandy, Aude Sementzeff heats raw milk from cows up the hill until it curdles, then scoops it into molds to make a round, ...

At La Ferme du Champ Secret in Normandy, France, owner Patrick Mercier is delighted that his cheese has been said to have “the flavor of the barn.” He and the other workers at the fourth generation ...

For lovers of Camembert, the downy white rind is the tart bite that balances out the fat-laden, oozing, pungent layer inside. For a group of Swiss bioengineers, that moldy rind is one of nature's ...

Camembert cheese and brie could become extinct because of a decline in fungi, French scientists have warned. The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) said that attempts to make camembert ...

In short: Media reporting over the last month has claimed some French soft cheeses are "under threat" from a lack of genetic diversity in cheese cultures. A leading cheesemaker and veteran ...

When Napoleon first encountered a Camembert cheese, legend has it, he was so delighted he kissed the waitress who plonked it in front of him. Setting aside the inappropriateness of this gesture, the ...

The much-beloved creamy French cheese is teetering on the edge of extinction. Authentic Camembert cheese can only be made the old-school way: with raw, unpasteurized milk. Only a few small producers ...