Cheese is a wonderful food. It's a core component of many meals, including some of my personal favorites. But not all cheese is good. In fact, some of it is downright terrifying—and even dangerous.

The Italian island of Sardinia sits in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gazing at Italy from a distance. Surrounded by a 1,849-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches and emerald waters, the ...

It's rare that someone suggests you eat a dish that is still wriggling. But on the Italian island of Sardinia, there's a delicacy that does just that. Unlike your standard cheeses that are fermented, ...

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Insects find their way into foods around the world, but nowhere is that relationship stranger than in Sardinia's infamous ...

We know: you probably wouldn't even want to come within 10 feet of a plate of cheese that's infested with maggots, but some foods earn their reputation purely because they either taste surprisingly ...

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