What is a bowl of spaghetti without a heavy snowdrift of parmesan? A pizza needs a stringy mess of mozzarella on top. Is there anything more satisfying, comforting and mind-blowingly moreish in this world than an oozing cheese toastie? No. Simply because: Cheese. Is. Everything!
To celebrate this dreamy dairy, here are more than 40 recipes for the cheese-lover in your life (which is everyone you know) – from snacks like wasabi & parmesan popcorn and bacon-wrapped mini mozzarella balls, heartier fare like seven-cheese pizza (yes, seven!) and quadruple cheese burgers, to sweet lemony cream cheese donuts and cheddar ice cream. Because everything tastes so much better with cheese.
Cheese may not be the healthiest food you can eat but it does make us happy. There’s even some science behind it: cheese triggers the pleasure centers in our brain. And it’s packed with calcium. Fact. So, there we go: it’s good for us and it feeds our belly and our soul. And, being such a varied food group – from a soft and squidgy to a hard and sharp to a spreadable whipped-up cream cheese delight – there truly is a cheese for every occasion.
