Cream cheese is made from cow’s milk-whole or skim. It is soft, smooth, creamy, white, slightly salty, slightly sweet, rich, and spreadable. It was first made in Europe in the Neufchatel-en-Bray village of Normandy, France, and so naturally called French Neufchatel. It had a different texture from the one I described: more semi-soft than soft, and somewhat grainy.