Microbes come to play in the aging process, or the stage that gives cheeses like Camembert their signature funk. “Those molds are essentially doing what we call ‘delicious rot,’” Wolfe said.

We visited Le 5 Frères, a family-run farm in the village of Bermonville that makes Camembert following the traditional recipe using raw milk and ladles it into molds by hand. "Camembert is milk ...

and the white-mold cheeses, including brie or Camembert. Blue cheeses contain a species of mold called Penicillium roqueforti ...

We visited Le 5 Frères, a family-run farm in the village of Bermonville that makes Camembert following the traditional recipe using raw milk and ladles it into molds by hand. "Camembert is milk ...