Dairy, Eggs & Substitutes
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Cheese, Hard
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Asiago Cheese
Asiago is an Italian cheese traditionally made from sheep's milk but now often made from cow's milk. Its firmness, texture, color, and sharpness depend upon how long it has been aged. It may or may no... more
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Cotija Cheese
Cotija is a firm, crumbly cheese made primarily from cow's milk. Fresh cotija is similarly textured to feta while aged cotija is similarly texture to Parmesan and is suitable for grating. It is quite ... more
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Manchego Cheese
Manchego is made from sheep's milk that comes from the La Mancha region of Spain. Its firmness, texture, color, and sharpness depend upon how long it has been aged. Semi-firm Manchego is white to gold... more
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Cheese, Semi-soft
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American Cheese
American cheese is a general term for processed cheeses made from milk, milk fats and solids, other fats, and whey protein concentrates. Its color may be white, yellow, or orange. American cheese can ... more
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Cheddar, Mild
Cheddar cheese is a semi-firm, white natural cheese that originated in Southwest England. Mild cheddar is less acidic than other types, such as sharp or extra-sharp. If annato is present, the cheese m... more
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Cheddar, Sharp
Cheddar cheese is a semi-firm, white natural cheese that originated in Southwest England. As cheddar ages, its loses moisture, gains acidity and sharpness in flavor, and becomes more crumbly. Sharp ch... more
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Fresh Mozzarella
Fresh mozzarella is a semi-soft, delicate, creamy, white cheese with high moisture content. It was traditionally made from water buffalo's milk (mozzarella di bufala) but is now also made from cow's m... more
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Halloumi Cheese
Halloumi is a rather firm white cheese with a salty flavor that is made from cow, goat, or sheep's milk, or a combination. It originates from Cyprus. Halloumi retains its texture at high temperatures ... more
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Monterey Jack
Monterey Jack is an American, mild-tasting, semi-soft cheese made from whole or skim cow's milk. It may or may not be pasteurized. Its firmness, texture, color, and sharpness depend upon exactly how l... more
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Mozzarella
Not to be confused with fresh mozzarella, mozzarella is a semi-fiirm cheese with an elastic texture and low moisture content that is typically made from cow's milk. It is easy to shred and melts excep... more
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Swiss Cheese
Swiss cheese is a generic term for cheeses modeled after Switzerland's Emmental. It is a semi-firm, pale yellow cheese with a large holes, or eyes. It may or may not be pasteurized. Swiss cheese melts... more
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Cheese, Soft
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Blue Cheese
Blue cheese refers to a family of cheeses made from cow, sheep, or goat's milk that have been innoculated with blue-green mold. Examples include Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Danish Blue, Maytag Blue, and St... more
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Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is a fresh cheese product made from pasteurized, whole or skimmed milk. This mild tasting, white cheese has a soft, creamy, and lumpy texture. It can be purchased with either large or s... more
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Cream Cheese
Cream cheese is a soft unripened cheese made from cow's milk. It is smooth and creamy in texture and spreadable at room temperature. Cream cheese has a mild, sweet, and slightly tangy flavor. Many cre... more
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Goat Cheese
Soft goat cheeses refers to a family of cheeses made from 100% goat's milk (chèvre) or a blend of goat and cow's milk. The interior of soft goat cheeses are white, soft, smooth, and moist. They have ... more
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Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola is a soft, crumbly, blue-veined cheese of Italian origin made from cow's milk. It has been inocculated with a blue-green mold that develops into a network of blue-green veins. Aged Gorgonzo... more
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Mascarpone
Mascarpone is a fresh cheese-like product of Italian origin made by curdling cow's milk with citric or acetic acid. Mascarpone's texture ranges from light and velvety soft to stiff and buttery. It is ... more
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Queso Fresco
Queso fresco is a high moisture, Mexican cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk. This soft, fresh cheese is firm, crumbly, and grainy with a mild, salty flavor. It softens but does not melt when heat... more
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Dairy Substitutes
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Almond Milk
Almond milk is a non-dairy beverage made from ground up almonds mixed with water. It has a sweet and nutty flavor. If you're vegan, allergic or intolerant to dairy, or just don't like the taste of mil... more
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Coconut Cream
Coconut cream is a thick white cream obtained from strained coconut flesh. It is thicker and richer than coconut milk due to its higher fat content. Coconut cream is available in cans or dried. more
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Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is not the liquid found inside coconuts but the extract of grated coconut flesh. It is rich in flavor and creamy in texture. Coconut milk can be made at home or purchased in cans or asept... more
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Eggs & Substitutes
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Milk And Cream Products
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Buttermilk
Buttermilk was traditionally a by-product of butter-making; it was the liquid left over when butter was churned from cream. Today, buttermilk is commercially made by adding bacterial culture to nonfat... more
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Sour Cream
Sour cream is made by fermenting cream with lactic acid bacteria, which gives it its tang. Full-fat sour cream has about 20% fat although low-fat and non-fat versions exist as well. more
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