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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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Pouligny-Saint-Pierre
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre: A tall, truncated pyramid with a wrinkled natural rind makes this raw goat’s milk cheese from Berry…
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Fourme d’Ambert
Fourme d’Ambert: This close-up of the cut face shows blue veins scattered through pale cow’s milk cheese from Auvergne. The…
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Bleu d’Auvergne
Bleu d’Auvergne: Blue-green pockets stand out in the cream-colored paste. This Auvergne blue is made with cow’s milk, a…
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Bleu de Gex
Bleu de Gex: Blue-green markings spread through the cut face of this cow’s milk cheese from the Haut-Jura. Its…
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Bleu des Causses
Bleu des Causses: This French cow’s milk blue is aged in natural limestone caves. The wedge shows patches of blue-green…
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Livarot
Livarot: The bands around the side of this Normandy cheese are a quick clue at the counter. The round shape and washed rind…
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Heart-Shaped Neufchâtel
Heart-Shaped Neufchâtel: Three heart-shaped Neufchâtel cheeses show how different the rind can look as this Normandy cheese…
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Chaource
Chaource: This soft cow’s milk cheese wears a white rind. The rind and the pale paste can look almost the same color, so…
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Langres
Langres: The orange rind and the shallow hollow in the top identify this washed-rind cheese from Champagne. The cut view…
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Maroilles
Maroilles: The square outline is the first clue to Maroilles. Look closer for a reddish washed rind, a feature it shares…
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Salers
Salers: This firm Auvergne cheese has a substantial rind and golden paste. The protected farmhouse cheese is made from raw…
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Saint-Marcellin
Saint-Marcellin: The thin, wrinkled rind sits on a shallow round of soft cow’s milk cheese from southeastern France…
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Banon Wrapped in Chestnut Leaves
Banon Wrapped in Chestnut Leaves: The open chestnut leaves reveal the small round of goat’s milk cheese inside. The tied…
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Mont d’Or
Mont d’Or: Also called Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, this soft cheese from the French Jura ripens in a spruce bark band. The bark…
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Rocamadour
Rocamadour: These little rounds from Quercy are made from goat’s milk. Their low, button-like shape is quite different from…
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Bûche du Poitou
Bûche du Poitou: The cut end of this goat cheese from Poitou shows its circular shape, pale paste, and thin rind. A log…
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Brocciu
Brocciu: A fresh Corsican cheese made from whey. Its moist, white interior and lack of a mature rind make it stand out…
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Chabichou du Poitou
Chabichou du Poitou: This goat’s milk cheese from Poitou is a small, slightly tapered cylinder. Its pale rind develops…
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Picodon
Picodon: A cross-section shows how thin the pale rind is on this small round of goat’s milk cheese. Picodon comes from the…
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Selles-sur-Cher
Selles-sur-Cher: A low disk of goat cheese from the Loire region. The coating of ash darkens the rind while the interior…
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Brie de Melun
Brie de Melun: A wedge rests on a small wheel of Brie de Melun. Its pale interior and white rind resemble Brie de Meaux…

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