Derived from milk, cheese is an incredibly versatile and diverse form of food that is found all over the world. There are many hundreds, if not thousands, of different cheese types available, with variations constantly being created. Different cheeses can have different textures, range from soft and spreadable to quite hard, and have different tastes. Other ingredients can also be added to cheese, such as fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices and other, more unusual items, such as alcohol, flowers and toffee.
Mould is also commonly added to cheese, creating cheeses such as the distinctive, and quite often strongly flavoured, blues. Cow's milk is most commonly used when making cheese, but goat, sheep and buffalo are also used. Different cheeses can be used in sweet and savoury dishes - soft cheeses are quite commonly used in sweet items, such as cheesecake, but they can still be used in savoury ones too. Cheese making dates back to at least 8,000 BC, but it is not known where it originally came from.
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