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This category works as a map from a broad question \u2014for example, what pressed curd means\u2014 to a specific cheese, region or cheesemaking technique.\n\n<!-- emdo-category-hub-links-20260902-b2 -->\n<div class=\"emdo-category-guides\"><h2>Featured guides<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/valencian-community-cheeses-styles-traditions\/\">Cheeses of the Valencian Community: styles and cheesemaking traditions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/cheese-nutrition-calories-protein-fat-salt-carbohydrates\/\">Cheese nutrition: calories, protein, fat, salt and carbohydrates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/history-of-cheese-in-spain-regions-pastoral-traditions-evolution\/\">History of cheese in Spain: regions, pastoral traditions and evolution<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/how-to-pair-cheese-wine-beer-fruit-nuts-honey-evoo-ham\/\">How to pair cheese: wine, beer, fruit, nuts, honey, preserves, EVOO and ham<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/spanish-creamy-cheeses-tortas-what-they-are-how-made-serve\/\">Spanish creamy cheeses and tortas: what they are, how they are made and how to serve them<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/how-to-transport-cheese-travel-car-plane-cold-chain\/\">How to transport cheese safely: travel, car, plane and cold chain<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/moulds-yeasts-cheese-intentional-what-they-do-ripening\/\">Moulds and yeasts in cheese: which are intentional and what they do during ripening<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/how-cheese-size-shape-affect-ripening\/\">How cheese size and shape affect ripening<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<!-- \/emdo-category-hub-links-20260902-b2 -->","link":"https:\/\/www.elmercadodeorigen.com\/en\/category\/cheese\/","name":"Cheese","slug":"quesos","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Guides to Spanish cheese by milk type, maturation, texture, production method, region and quality scheme. 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