Famous Cheeses of the World: Brie, Gouda, Manchego and Stilton

Ten cheeses with a name and a home: soft Brie from France; Gruyère and Emmental, the cheese with holes, from Switzerland; Gouda from the Netherlands; Havarti from Denmark; Stilton, the blue cheese of England; Manchego, made from sheep's milk in Spain; and from Italy, Asiago, Fontina and Pecorino, also made from sheep's milk.

Brie, only four letters, is the only diagonal word. Gruyere, Manchego and Pecorino run upward.

Artisan Cheeses Vocabulary: 10 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down, and diagonally; 5 of the 10 read backwards. The longest words are Emmental, Manchego and Pecorino, with 8 letters each.

Asiago: An Italian cow's milk cheese from the Veneto, mild when young and sharp when aged.
Brie: A soft French cheese with a white, edible rind, from the region east of Paris.
Emmental: A Swiss cow's milk cheese with large holes, the classic "Swiss cheese".
Fontina: A rich, creamy Italian cheese from the Aosta Valley, great for melting.
Gouda: A Dutch cheese named after the town of Gouda, mild when young and caramel-like when aged.
Gruyere: Gruyère, a nutty Swiss cheese used in fondue and French onion soup.
Havarti: A soft, buttery Danish cheese with small holes.
Manchego: A Spanish sheep's milk cheese from La Mancha, with a zigzag pattern on its rind.
Pecorino: A hard Italian cheese made from sheep's milk; pecora means sheep.
Stilton: An English blue cheese with blue-green veins, protected by name since 1996.

How to Solve the Artisan Cheeses Word Search

"Brie" is the only diagonal word and has the only B. "Havarti" has the only V and reads backwards. "Emmental" has a double M and runs straight down, like "fontina" and "stilton".

Cheese Tasting Party Ideas

Hold a tasting with three cheeses from the list and compare soft, hard and blue.
Match each cheese to its country on a map of Europe.
Ask which cheeses are made from cow's milk and which from sheep's milk.