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From the white bloom of Camembert to the blue veins of Roquefort and the orange center of Mimolette, French cheeses give you plenty to look for at the counter. These photographs show the rinds, shapes, and cut faces that help you tell them apart.

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Camembert de Normandie
Camembert de Normandie: A white, bloomy rind wraps a small wheel. When you cut it open, the paste can look firmer in the…
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Brie de Meaux
Brie de Meaux: A slice from the broad, shallow wheel shows its white rind and ivory paste. The wide wheel gives a wedge its…
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Roquefort
Roquefort: The irregular blue-green veins stand out against pale sheep’s milk cheese. Look for crumbly edges on a cut piece…
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Comté
Comté: This slab shows the compact, straw-colored paste of a pressed cheese from the Jura. Its wide, firm face is easy to…
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Brillat-Savarin
Brillat-Savarin: A white rind surrounds the thick, smooth center of this soft French triple-cream cheese. The cut shows how…
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Époisses
Époisses: The orange rind belongs to a washed-rind cow’s milk cheese from Burgundy. The glossy surface is a better clue at…
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Reblochon
Reblochon: A cut wheel shows the pale paste under a thin rind that can range from yellow to orange. It comes from the…
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Crottin de Chavignol
Crottin de Chavignol: This little goat’s milk cheese is a squat round. The same shape can look quite different as it ages…
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Aged Mimolette
Aged Mimolette: A bright orange cut face sits under a rough, brownish rind. That contrast makes this hard cow’s milk cheese…
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Morbier
Morbier: A thin dark line divides the pale paste. It is a layer of vegetable charcoal, a distinctive feature of this…
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Pont-l’Évêque
Pont-l’Évêque: Look for a square shape with a pale interior and washed rind. The straight sides help distinguish this…
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Munster
Munster: This French washed-rind cheese shows a muted orange exterior around pale paste. The round shape and reddish rind…
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Saint-Nectaire
Saint-Nectaire: A dusty, mottled rind contrasts with the smooth paste of this Auvergne cow’s milk cheese. An earthy-looking…
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Cantal
Cantal: This is an entre-deux, the middle-aged form of Cantal. The cut face shows the firm, close-textured paste that makes…
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Tomme de Savoie
Tomme de Savoie: A cut piece shows the contrast between the gray-brown rind and lighter interior of this Savoy cow’s milk…
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Abondance
Abondance: The brown rind gives way to a pale interior. On a full wheel, the edge curves inward, a detail this Alpine cow’s…
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Beaufort
Beaufort: A wheel of Beaufort has a telltale concave edge. Seeing the wheel whole makes the inward curve much easier to…
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Raclette de Savoie
Raclette de Savoie: The cut face of this Savoy cheese is pale beneath a thin, warm-colored rind. Raclette de Savoie is a…
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Farmhouse Ossau-Iraty
Farmhouse Ossau-Iraty: A firm, pale sheep’s milk cheese from the French Pyrenees. Its dense cut face offers a good visual…
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Sainte-Maure de Touraine
Sainte-Maure de Touraine: The dark-coated goat cheese forms a long log. Look for the slender straw running through the…
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Valençay From Berry
Valençay From Berry: The flat top and sloping sides make this goat cheese look like a pyramid with its tip removed. Its…

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