Cheese 101: All About Bloomy Cheese (AKA Brie and Its Brothers) [Photographs: Rabi Abonour] Cheese folk often speak dreamily of bloomy rind or soft-ripened cheese, while your friends at the cocktail party chatter on about good old Brie.
But in truth, they're speaking the same language — what binds these cheeses together is their downy, edible white rind. In cheese techni-speak, it's called a bloomy rind (or sometimes a soft-ripened, or even a surface-ripened cheese), and they're some of the most delicious cheeses out there. Chefaymar : Confit beef tongue !!! New... FMigoya : Carrot cake filled egg shaped... Photo by sansturbot. ChefJohnny: Just built a new dessert w... Roasted Green Beans with Chunky Olive Salsa Recipe.