For the sweet, Lord Caswell's servants brought down trays of pastries from his castle kitchens, cream swans and spun-sugar unicorns, lemon cakes in the shape of roses, spiced honey biscuits and blackberry tarts, apple crisps and wheels of buttery cheese.

Pears stuffed with a buttery cheese like Roquefort or Gorgonzola, then baked, are delicious in place of a traditional cheese course.

They'll even put up with freezing winter temperatures to sit outside and dig into great steaming bowls of cacio e pepe - the this-morning-fresh bucatini slicked with buttery cheese and pepper.

Pepperjack is a spicy, buttery cheese that is soft and has a tart flavour.

Bitter greens need sweet or fatty counterpoints like fruit, a buttery cheese or the meat of game birds, to keep the salad from tasting dull.

Mascarpone is a rich, buttery cheese from the Lombardy section of Italy.

It is a buttery cheese, but firm enough for slicing.

Three distinct flavors and textures made the sandwich special: crisp, chewy bread; tender, salty ham; soft, buttery cheese.

They can complement any food: oysters, lobster, roast duck, grilled vegetables, risotto or a plate of buttery cheeses.

And do not miss a slice of fluff called St.-Tropez, an indescribably delicious cake of soft, buttery cheeses airy as whipped cream.