It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...

Casu Marzu, an illegal Sardinian delicacy, is perhaps the most outrageously foul dairy product in our galaxy. While it's one thing to eat a cheese that smells like gym socks soaked in milk and ...

Despite being considered the world’s most dangerous cheese, casu marzu is also an extreme delicacy that has been enjoyed for thousands of years in Sardinia. Some have even said they didn’t ...

So how is this – ahem – delicacy produced? The process begins with a chunk of pecorino sardo, a local sheeps’ milk cheese.Now that, I would eat. I would eat all of it. There would be none ...

Sardinia is renowned for its pecorino Romano cheese, and is in fact, the largest producer of this ewe’s milk cheese. This fact however, is often overshadowed in favour of the island’s other ...

Some of the world's most coveted cheeses are actually banned in the United States, but you can still find them in other ...

Because this cheese is literally infested with live maggots. And yes, that's on purpose. As the video explains, the maggots give casu marzu its "distinct texture and flavor." ...

What Lives In Cheese? Posted: June 11, 2015. What makes cheese so delicious? It’s the bacteria, fungi, and mites living on it, of course! I’m Anna Rothschild, and this is Gross Science.

It’s illegal to buy and sell, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia.