Simply put: In mid January of 2011, I gave myself the challenge of eating 365 cheeses over the course of the year. Originally I intended to photograph and review every single cheese, but that quickly fell by the wayside. Instead, I’m recording name, date, milk type, maker (when available), etc, using Daytum. All cheeses are allowed and I am including cheeses eaten on the run, eg cheeses sampled at the farmer’s market, cheeses included on a platter at a party, etc., as long as I  take the time to really taste it, note the information, and document it. 

Just to be clear: I didn’t intend to prove anything by this: It mostly started as a great way to eat a lot of delicious (and some not so delicious) cheeses and forces me to seek out new cheeses rather than falling back on my old favorites. In that regard it was  a success, as I managed to consume a greater variety of cheeses in the last 9 months than I ate in the previous 4 years, and discovered a number of great new cheeses. 

Update: As of the middle of August I am at 305 and counting, so I might need to make it the 500 Cheese challenge instead!

Update 09/21: Down to the final 10!

Update 10/10: Mission Accomplished!

Update 11/30: 397 cheeses consumed. Going for 420 by years end.

Update 12/16: Somewhere around 416. 

Update 12/30: Looks like the final count is around 423. 

THE MASTER LIST:
Here’s a quick list of the cheeses consumed between January 15th 2011 - December 30th 2011:

• 1 Year Cheddar, Bobolink Dairy    
• 1000 Day Gouda, Landaaf    
• 4 Year Aged Gouda    
• 5 Year Aged Gouda    
• A Filetta Corsican Brebis     
• Abbaye de Bel’loc   
• Abbaye de Tamie    
• Abrigo    
• Adelegger    
• Aged goat cheese, homemade    
• Aged Goat Wheel, Coach Farms    
• Aged Gouda, Uniekaas Reserve    
• Aged Peppercorn Goat Cheese, Coach Farm    
• Alp Drackloch    
• Amarelo da Beira Baixa 
• Amish Cheddar, Sprout Creek Farms    
• Andeerer Schmuggler     
• Antons Liebe Rot     
• Appalachian, Meadow Creek     
• Appenzeller     
• Apple Walnut Smoked Promontory, Beehive Cheese Co.    
• Asher Blue, Sweetgrass Dairy   
• Asiago d’Allevo
• Avonlea     
• Azeitao     
• Baby Swiss, Millport Dairy 
• Backsteiner    
• Bagoss     
• Baigura(Ossau-Iraty)     
• Baladin     
• Bandaged Cheddar, Bleu Mont Dairy     
• Baracas    
• Barat, Sprout Creek Farms     
• Barely Buzzed, Beehive Cheese Co.  
• Batch 35, Sprout Creek Farms     
• Battenkill Brebis, 3 Corner Field Farm    
• Bayley Hazen Blue, Jasper Hill    
• Bayrischer Blauschimmelkase, Arturo Chiriboga    
• Beemster XO Gouda    
• BeemsterLite     
• Beermat, aka Aarauer Bierdeckel     
• Ben Nevis, Bonnieview Farms     
• Bergmünster Schafkase    
• Berkswell    
• Bethmale Chevre     
• Bianca with Herbe de Provence, Hawthorne Valley Farm    
• Big Boy Blue, Willapa Hills    
• Bigelow, Ardith Mae     
• Bijou     
• Black Ledge Blue, Cato Corner     
• Bleu de Laqueuille     
• Bleu des Basques Brebis     
• Blu Del Moncenisio     
• Blu di Bufala    
• Bocconcino di Langa    
• Boernkaas 7 Year Aged Gouda     
• Bogart, Sprout Creek Farms     
• Bonde d’Antan     
• Bonne Bouche     
• Bonrus     
• Borough Market Cheddar, Neals Yard Dairy     
• Boucher Blue, Green Mountain Blue Cheese     
• Boulette d’Avesnes (Raw Milk)     
• Bra Duro     
• Brandywine, Rollingstone Chevre     
• Bresse Bleu     
• Brie au Chevre     
• Brie de Meaux     
• Brie de Nangis     
• Brillat Savarin     
• Bucheron     
• Bucherondin, Sevre et Belle     
• Buckaroo (Cowgirl Creamery)     
• Burrata, Maplebrook Farms     
• Buttercup Brie, Cherry Grove Farm     
• Buure Weichkasli     
• Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Jasper Hill     
• Caciota, Dancing Ewe Farms     
• Calcagno, Casa Madaio     
• Calun Lan, Cato Corner     
• Camellia, Redwood Hill Farm     
• Camembert au Calvados (Raw Milk)     
• Camembert Domaine D’Antignac (Raw milk)     
• Camembert Style Bianca, Hawthorne Valley Farm     
• Camembert, Amazing Real Live Food Co.     
• Cana de Oveja     
• Canadian Cheddar, Black Diamond     
• Cantalet     
• Casatica di Bufala     
• Castello Blue     
• Castelrosso    
• Catskill, Coach Farm    
• Caveman Blue    
• Cayuga Blue, Lively Run Goat Dairy     
• Challerhocker, KASEREI TUFERTSCHWIL     
• Chalotet     
• Chaource (Raw Milk)     
• Cheddar (Processed)     
• Chevre (Conventional)     
• Chevre (Homemade)     
• Chevre du Sion     
• Chevre w/black pepper (homemade)     
• Chevre, Ardith Mae     
• Chevre, Black Pepper, Dill (Homemade)     
• Chevre, Chive+Garlic (Homemade 
• Chevre, Garlic Scape+Thyme (Homemade)     
• Chevre, Garlic, rosemary, thyme (Homemade)     
• Chevre, Garlic, rosemary, thyme, basil (Homemade)     
• Chevrotin, Seal Cove Farm     
• Chiriboga Blue     
• Colombiers des Pigeons     
• Comte     
• Comte St Antoine     
• Constant Bliss, Jasper Hill     
• Coolea     
• Cotswold     
• Couronne Lochoise     
• Cowhill, Tonjes Farm     
• Crater Lake Blue, Rogue Creamery     
• Cream Cheese (Philadelphia)     
• Cremeux de Bourgogne     
• Cremont     
• Crottin de Chavignol     
• Dairyvale Cheddar, Australia     
• Dallenwiller     
• Danbo     
• Danish Blue     
• Dante, Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Collective     
• Delice de Bourgogne     
• Delice du Jura     
• Detroit Street Brick, Zingerman’s     
• Doe Re Mi, Sprout Creek Farms     
• Dorset, Consider Bardwell Farms     
• Douceur du Jura 
• Drunken Goat     
• Dry Jack     
• Dunbarton Blue, Roelli Cheese     
• Echo Mountain Blue, Rogue Creamery     
• Edam Loaf     
• Eden, Sprout Creek Farms     
• Edwin’s Munster     
• Emmentaler, Emmi Cave Aged     
• Epoisses (Pasteurized Milk)     
• Epoisses (Raw Milk)     
• Equinox, Consider Bardwell Farms     
• Erborinato di Pecora     
• Etorki     
• Evora     
• Ewephoria     
• Farmhouse Cheddar, 1 Year, Shelburne Farms     
• Farmhouse Cheddar, 2 Year, Shelburne Farms     
• Farmhouse Cheddar, 6 Months, Shelburne Farms     
• Feta (Bulgarian)     
• Feta (Conventional)     
• Feta (Greek)     
• Feta, Albanian     
• Feta, Goat (Homemade)     
• Feta, Président     
• Flagsheep, Beechers Cheese     
• Flagship Reserve, Beechers Cheese     
• Flagship, Beechers Cheese     
• Fleur de Maquis    
• Flory’s Clothbound Cheddar     
• Flosserkase     
• Foglie Bergere, Northland Sheep Dairy     
• Fontina (Conventional)     
• Fouchtra    
• Fourme d’Ambert     
• Frere Fumante, 3 Corner Field Farm     
• Försterkäse     
• Gabietou     
• Gaperon     
• Garlic Cheddar, Millport Dairy     
• Garlic Scape and Pepper Chevre, Ardith Mae     
• Garroxta     
• Geit in Statd     
• Goat Cheddar, Valley Shepherd Creamery    
• Goat Tomme, Twig Farm 
• Goats Milk Ricotta (Homemade) 
• Gorgonzola Cremificato    
• Gorgonzola Dolce 
• Gorgonzola Marca Oro 
• Gorgonzola Piccante 
• Gorwydd Caerphilly     
• Gouda (Conventional)   
• Gowanus Goat (Homemade)
• Grace, Argyle Cheese
• Grafton Truckle
• Gran Queso, Roth Kase
• Grana Lodigiano, Bella Lodi
• Grasslands Blue
• Grayson, Meadow Creek
• Great Hill Blue
• Green Hill, Sweetgrass Dairy
• Greenes Goat
• Grevenbroecker
• Grey Owl, Fromagerie Le Detour
• Grimisuat
• Gruyere (conventional)
• Gruyere (Fondue)
• Gruyere, Rolf Beeler
• Gubbeen
• Harbison, Jasper Hill
• Harlech Horseradish Cheddar, Somerdale
• Harpersfield Double Soak
• Hawes Wensleydale
• Hawthorne Valley Alpine, Aged
• Hawthorne Valley Alpine, Medium
• Hawthorne Valley Alpine, Mild
• Hawthorne Valley Cheddar
• Heublumen
• Hickory Smoked Goat Gouda
• Hoch Ybrig
• Hoja Santa
• Hot Pepper Jack, Millport Dairy
• Hudson Red, Twin Maple Farms
• Humble Pie, Woodcock Farm
• Hunterdon, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Ibores
• Jarlsberg
• Jersey Blue, Willi Schmid
• Jersey Girl Colby, Cooperstown Cheese Company
• Kirchtagskase
• Krystal Pure Cave Aged Cheddar, Kilchurn Estate
• Kuntener
• La Bouse
• La Jeune Autize
• La Leyenda
• La Peral (Blue)
• La Serena
• Lakes Edge, Blue ledge Farm
• Lamb Chopper, Cypress Grove
• Landaff, Landaff Creamery
• Langres
• Laurier
• Lautize Alpage
• Le Cret Gruyere
• Le Marechal
• Le Montagnard
• Le Moulis
• Lincolnshire Poacher
• Longview Blue, Longview Farm
• Longview Parm, Longview Farm
• Maasdammer Swiss Dutch Cheese, Aged
• Maccagnette Alle Noci (with Walnuts)
• Mahon
• Maidenhead, Cherry Grove Farm
• Manchego
• Manchester, Consider Bardwell
• Manouri
• Mascarpone
• Meridian, Rainbeau Ridge
• Mettowee, Consider Bardwell
• Meule de Montagne
• Meule de Savoie, Herve Mons
• Mi-Vieux Alpage
• Midnight Moon, Cypress Grove Chevre
• Moliterno (Cerdinian Pecorino)
• Mont Jura
• Montcabrer
• Montenebro
• Monterey Chevre, Rawson Brook Farm
• Moonlight Chaource, Amazing Real Live Food Co.
• Morbier, Murray’s Cave Aged
• Moses Sleeper, Jasper Hill (Cow)
• Mozzarella (Cheese class)
• Mozzarella (conventional)
• Mozzarella (Homemade)
• Mozzarella (Paradis)
• Mozzarella, Joe’s Dairy
• Mt St. Francis, Capriole
• Munster (Raw Milk)
• Nettlesome, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• New York Sharp Cheddar
• Noble Road, Calkins Creamery
• Not So Blue
• Nunoladi di Pecora
• O’Banon
• Off Kilter, Mt Townsend Creamery
• Oktoberkase, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Oldwick, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Orsieres, Pays Latterie
• Ossau Iraty
• Ouray, Sprout Creek Farms
• Palhais
• Parmigiano Reggiano
• Paski Sir, (Croatia)
• Pata de Cabra
• Pave de Chevre
• Pawlet, Consider Bardwell Farms
• Pecorino Brigantaccio
• Pecorino Ginepro
• Pecorino Romano
• Pecorino Sarda
• Pecorino Scoparolo
• Pecorino Stagionata
• Pecorino Toscano
• Perlita, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Persilé de Malzieu
• Petit Frere, Crave Brothers
• Petit Gaugry
• Petite Mothais
• Piave Vecchio
• Pierre and Potre
• Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Uplands Cheese Company
• Pont L’eveque
• Prairie Breeze, Iowa
• Prattigauer
• Prefere de Nos Montagnes
• Pt Reyes Original Blue
• Pyrenees Brebis
• Quadrello di Bufala
• Quark
• Quebec Vintage Cheddar
• Queso Chihuahua
• Queso de Mano, Haystack Mt. Goat Dairy
• Queso de Vare
• Queso Fresco (Conventional)
• Raclette
• Raclette Alpage, Crans-Montana
• Raclette, Hawthorne Valley Farm
• Rapple Ree
• Raw Sheeps Milk Feta, Bonnieview Farms
• Reblochon (Raw Milk)
• Red Hawk, Cowgirl Creamery
• Red Leicester
• Revival, Argyle Cheese
• Ricotta (Conventional)
• Ricotta, Cheesemaking 101 class
• Ricotta, Old Chatham Sheepherding Company
• Ricotta, Salvatore
• Rita, Sprout Creek Farms
• Robiola Bosina
• Robiola La Rustica
• Robiola Rocca Rocaverano
• Rochebaron
• Rogue River Blue, Rogue Creamery
• Roomano
• Roquefort
• Roquefort (La Cloche A Fromage)
• Rouleau de Provence
• Roves des Garrigues
• Rupert, Consider Bardwell
• Rush Creek Reserve, Uplands Cheese
• Saenkanter Gouda
• Sainte Maure
• Salted Curds, Cheesemaking 101 class
• San Joaquin Gold, Fiscalini Farms
• Sarvecchio Asiago , Sartori Reserve
• Sarvecchio, Sartori Reserve
• Sbrinz
• Scentsation, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Schaf Reblochon
• Scharfe Maxx, Studer Dairy
• Scimudin
• scrambled eggs, cheese, bread, fruit
• Seaside Cheddar, Ford Farm
• Secret du Couvent
• Serpa
• Sharp Cheddar, Millport Dairy
• Shepherd’s Basket, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Shepherd’s Logue, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Shushan Snow, 3 Corner Field Farm
• Smoked Cheddar, Millport Dairy
• Smoked Flagship, Beechers Cheese
• Smoked Gouda (Conventional)
• Smoked Mozzarella (Conventional)
• Sofia, Capriole
• Sophie, Sprout Creek Farms
• Soy Cheddar
• St Agur
• Stanser Flada, Rolf Beeler
• Stella Royale
• Stella Vallis Tomme, Amazing Real Live Food Co.
• Stichelton
• Stilton with Cranberry
• Stracapra
• Summer Snow, Woodcock Farms
• Sunlight, Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy
• Sunset Bay, Rivers Edge Chevre
• Surchoix Gruyere, Roth Kase
• Taleggio (Raw Milk)
• Taleggio di Lombardy
• Tarentaise, Thistle Hill Farm
• Tetes de Moines
• Toma Celena, Cooperstown Cheese Company
• Toma Pepato, Cooperstown Cheese Company
• Tomme Brulee
• Tomme de Bosquet de Chevre
• Tomme de Fontenay
• Tomme de Jura
• Tomme de Reblochon
• Tomme de Savoie
• Tomme de Vieux Saulnois
• Tomme Fermiere d’Alsace
• Tomme Maison
• Tomme Rabelais
• Tommes Vaudoise
• Toussaint, Sprout Creek Farms
• Triple Creme Goat Brie, Woolwich Dairy
• True Blue, Woodcock Farms
• Truffle Tremor, Cypress Grove
• Tulare Cannonball, Bravo Farms
• Tuma Kase (Cow)
• Tumbleweed, 5 Spoke Creamery
• Up In Smoke, River’s Edge
• Vacherin Fribourgeois
• Valais Alpage Gomser
• Valdeon
• Valencay, Loire Valley
• Valley Thunder, Valley Shepherd Creamery
• Vendéen Bichonne Par Nos Soins, Pascal Beillevaire
• Verde Capra
• Vielle Mimolette
• Vigneron
• Weinkäse Lagrein
• Wensleydale
• Wilde Hilde, Kaserei Thonen
• Wildmanni, Hostettler
• Winnemere, Jasper Hill
• Young Block Gouda, 1 month
• Zamorano