Storing Cheese
Good cheese storage starts with the questions you have at home: where to put it, how to wrap it and what to check before eating it. This guide brings together the practical reading, from everyday storage and date labels to freezing, rinds and taking cheese on a journey.
Start here: How to Store Cheese at Home, available now, for the everyday questions about wrapping, fridge space and looking after a cut piece.
How to Store Cheese at Home
Open the fridge and a strongly aromatic cheese may introduce itself before you have found the milk.
Can You Freeze Cheese?
You reach for a neat block of cheese, knife poised for a proper slice.
How Long Does Cheese Last?
You open the fridge and survey your cheese collection, or “the essentials”, as you prefer to call it.
Mould on Cheese: When to Cut and When to Bin
You peel back the wrapping on a Brie.
Can You Eat Cheese Rind?
The soft middle has gone.
Best Before and Use By Dates on Cheese
The wrapper rustles.
Travelling with Cheese: Airline, Customs and Import Rules
Your holiday cheese is ready for its journey home: a firm wedge bought in the EU, waiting to be carefully wrapped.