Q&A: How do I prepare for a cheese party?

Rachelle Santos shares handy tips on hosting parties.

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Q:  I'm planning to serve a cheese platter during my next party. How do I prepare one?

A:   Cheesemaker extraordinaire Olive Puentespina of Malagos Farmhouse Cheese offers some suggestions:

“A cheese platter can be as simple as a wheel of Camembert with a bunch of grapes or as elaborate as a board with seven kinds of cheeses and fruits, nuts, cold cuts, marinated olives, sun-dried tomatoes, breads, and crackers.

For your party, serve a fresh cheese, a semi-aged one, and some sort of blue cheese or aged variety, with assorted fresh or dried fruits and nuts. If you like, set out a basket of artisan breads. Have fun!”


Photography by Patrick Martires

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