Archaeological surveys show that cheese was being made from
the milk of cows and goats in Mesopotamia before 6000 B.C.

***

Travelers from Asia are thought to have brought the art of
cheese making to Europe, where the process was adapted and
improved in European monasteries.

***

The world's largest consumers of cheese include Greece (63
pounds per person each year), France (54 pounds), Iceland
(53 pounds), Germany (48 pounds), Italy (44 pounds), the
Netherlands (40 pounds), the United States (31 pounds),
Australia (27 pounds), and Canada (26 pounds).

The only cheeses native to the United States are American,
jack, brick, and colby. All other types are modeled after
cheeses brought to the country by European settlers.

***

Processed American cheese was developed in 1915 by J. L.
Kraft (founder of Kraft Foods) as an alternative to the
traditional cheeses that had a short shelf life.

***

Someone who sells cheese professionally at a cheese shop or
specialty food store is called a cheese monger.

"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you
are a cheese."

Billie Burke.