It takes guts to put the word “powerful” smack dab in the name of your cheese, but Collier’s Powerful Welsh Cheddar aims to live up to it. New to the U.S. market, this award-winning cheddar gets its name from the men who mined coal in South Wales during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The miners were called “colliers,” and the work they undertook, in near- darkness and in extreme conditions, was hard and dangerous. For these men, cheese was a staple of their diet, and made for a welcome midday meal that sustained them underground. Made from the milk of local farms and aged as long as 16 months, this cheddar aptly reflects the earthy integrity of Welsh culture. www.collierscheese.com/US