This cheese was buried for 3 months to taste better

Fossa cheese can be eaten simply with piadina and figs. Photo: Caseifico Pascoli

Cheese lovers may want to travel to Italy's Sogliano al Rubicone in November.

This little town in the Romagna region is famously known for the historical river Rubicon, which Emperor Julius Caesar crossed as he uttered, "Alea iacta est" (“The die is cast”). But it is also known for the traditional formaggio di fossa, a cheese that is buried at the end of August in underground pits (fossa) and resurrected in late November.