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Fungi and bacteria play a big part in shaping the flavor and texture of cheese. BSIP / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Some cheeses are mild and soft like mozzarella, others are salty-hard ...

If you've ever seen cheese in a cartoon, it's almost invariably in a big, triangle wedge shape and about to be protruding from the midsection of whichever mouse ate it. If you see that kind of shape ...

In an unassuming building in Stratford, east London, British start-up Better Dairy is making cheese that has never seen an udder, which it argues tastes like the real thing. It is one of a handful of ...