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A rindless white creamy Italian cheese that is considered to be pulled-curd or spun-curd cheese (pasta filata), since the curds are placed into the whey when it is still very hot and then removed to be pulled as well as kneaded into the desired consistency.

Grana cheese is actually Grana Padano cheese. "Grana" is an abbreviation of Grana Padano. This cheese is an Italian semi-fat, hard cheese with a finely grained texture.

A pasta filled with various ingredients that is made as a circle or square of pasta dough that is folded over and sealed on the open edge to form a half circle or rectangular shape.

Typical of many Swiss cheeses characterized by the holes ("eyes") found throughout the cheese, Baby Swiss cheese also contains holes, but they are much smaller in size than the aged Swiss cheese.

Originating in Switzerland, this cheese is characterized by the large holes ("eyes") found throughout the cheese, which grow larger and increase in number the longer the cheese ripens, due to the gas bubbles enclosed in the ageing cheese.

Produced as a Italian farmhouse cheese from cow's milk, Bra Duro Cheese is a "sister" cheese to the Bra Tenero cheeses which differ only in the length of aging.

A popular and common food made from a paste-type dough consisting of durum wheat flour, salt, and a liquid that may be in the form of water, milk or eggs.

An Italian cheese traditionally produced as a farmhouse or creamery cheese, which was orignially made from sheep's milk.

A type of pasta that may be made as a large dried tube or as a flat sheet of pasta that will be filled with ingredients and rolled into a tube shape.

The Italian name given to any fresh, medium aged or matured cheeses made from sheep's milk, unless classifed otherwise since some Pecorino Toscano cheeses may also be made with a combination of sheep and cow's milk.

Any of a variety of savory toppings and mixtures of ingredients that enhance the flavor of the pasta dish being served.

A Spanish cheese that is made from unpasteurized milk of Majorera goats on the island of Fuerteventura, which is one of the Canary Islands.

A stuffed pasta made in several different shapes, which may be square like ravioli, half circle-shaped like anolini, or twisted into a rounded form to appear like the shape of a small hat similar to cappelletti.

Circles of pasta that are folded in half to form a half circle after the filling is added and then twisted to form the shape of a little hat.

A cheese produced in the Severn Valley region of the United Kingdom that is made from unpasteurized sheep's milk.

An unripened Italian cheese, made from cow's, ewe's, or goat's milk whey that remains after the curds are removed.

Large tube pasta that may be found with a ridged or smooth surface and ends that are straight cut or diagonally cut.

A cheese made from the whole milk of cows that may be creamy white or orange in color if the natural additive known as annatto has been added to create the traditional orange colored cheddar.

A stuffed pasta that is made into the shape of a half circle and crimpled along the edges. This pasta is made by cutting 3-inch diameter circles out of pasta dough, adding a teaspoon of filling to the center and then crimpling the edges securely to keep the filling from falling out.

Square or round pillows of egg pasta that have a filling consisting of ingredients such as cheese, meats, vegetables and seasonings.