WORD OF THE DAY

Turophile is a fancy word for a cheese connoisseur. If you're crazy for Camembert, adore Asiago, and go moony over Manchego, you can call yourself a turophile.

True turophiles don't just adore cheese — they also know a lot about it. You'd need to be something of a turophile to open your own cheese shop or work as an expert fromager at an upscale restaurant. If you simple love Jarlsberg, cotija, and gorgonzola, you're well on your way to being a turophile. This word, popularized in the mid-20th century, is from the Greek roots turós, "cheese," and phílos, "beloved."