This Is How You Should Actually Store Your Cheese


This Is How You Should Actually Store Your Cheese
"While it can take some serious practice to achieve the crisp folds of experienced cheesemongers, think of your cheese as a little present, (which it is, obviously,) and wrap it as though you were using festive wrapping paper. 'You want the paper making contact with the piece of cheese,' says Montez, 'so crease as you go, and make sure all of the faces of the cheese are contacting the paper in an even, flat way.' If this seems at all intimidating, Formaticum also makes handy, cheese storage bags where no origami-level folding is required."

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For the Love of Cheeses


For the Love of Cheeses

"Mark Goldman, cheese enthusiast, founder and owner of Formaticum, is on a mission to educate retailers and the public about the importance of properly storing cheese, as a way to ensure the incredible amount of time, skill, and resources poured by cheesemakers into their product doesn’t go to waste. Goldman had been working in the cheese industry since 2004, but a trip to France the following year was what deepened his love affair with cheese, leading him to establish Formaticum in 2006. The company imports packaging from Europe that preserves cheese in the state the cheesemakers intended it to be consumed, as well as implements such as cheese knives and boards."

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For The Friend Who Loves To Cook


For The Friend Who Loves To Cook
Some folks love to make reservations, and others love to spend time and effort creating special meals straight from their kitchen.
For those friends who live for creating meal-time masterpieces, we've found the 17 best gifts to help them season, prep and garnish the season's dishes like a pro. Bon appetit!

Kitchen Tools You Didn't Know You Needed


Kitchen Tools You Didn't Know You Needed
I mediate an internal battle between my desire for a clean, serene and minimalist kitchen and my tendency to cook or bake every day, preferably with handy tools and appliances at the ready. Sure, hundreds of tools shout ‘Me! me! me!’ in kitchen stores insisting on their utility but my drawers and cupboards barely close as it is.
Another paper product comes from France, the country that treasures cheese. Formaticum cheese storage bags ($8.99) are porous, thus lets cheese breathe and regulates humidity. Stop wrapping your cheese in plastic wrap immediately.

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