Just don’t try pairing it with garlic: The European Union has officially recognized a brand of Transylvanian cheese called Ibanesti.

The feta-style cheese’s tasting notes consist of a single word: “toothsome.”

Da, accomplished is mission: Russia’s plan to withdraw forces from Syria is sending a strong message to President Bashar Assad to engage more forcefully in peace talks in Geneva.

But how can Assad take Vladimir Putin seriously when the Russian leader didn’t even go to the trouble of announcing the withdrawal by donning a flight suit and landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier?

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1974, the Grand Ole Opry House opened in Nashville with a concert attended by President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat.

Nixon went on stage to play the piano during a performance of “God Bless America,” but with impeachment looming in the Watergate affair, what he really wanted to play was “Take This Job and Shove It.”

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff