Hello Cheese Enthusiasts!

Paper?...Plastic?...or Parchment?? Seems like everyone has an opinion on how cheese is supposed to be wrapped. Oh, I fully admit it was one of the biggest questions that I received while working behind the cheese counter…and who could blame them?...Cheese was, and still is, expensive.

For the last several years, I attended (and cheered on) some of the nation’s best cheesemongers at the Cheesemonger Invitational events on the West Coast. (You can read all about my experience here). I can tell you the parchment paper was flying that night…it looked something like the department store giftwrap counter on December 24th. These mongers were able to fold and wrap with all of the precision of an origami master. They were being judged on their speed, technique, and tightness of their wrap.