It's summer - can I still serve cheese?

I like to include cheese in my home entertaining all year round. But when the entertaining moves outdoors and the heat starts rising, some cheeses are best left behind. Even I would pass on a runny Epoisses on a hot and humid afternoon… and I’m cheese-obsessed. So do your guests a favor and stick to the mild side of the cheese spectrum and save the stinky ones for winter (or your well air-conditioned apartment). Here are some tips to get your cheese plate summer-ready:

• Goat’s milk cheeses are refreshingly mild and widely available during the summer time. Fresh chèvre logs covered with peppercorns or herbs make for a pretty presentation and are always a crowd pleaser.

• Pressed sheep’s milk cheeses (like Manchego from Spain) are great for summertime – just be sure to let them reach room temperature before cutting them. This will help reduce the “weeping” of the fat from the cheese.

• If you are barbecuing, dress up your burgers with a great farmstead cheddar, like Fiscalini Cheddar from Modesto, California. And keep a hunk on the cheese plate for people to graze on between burgers.

Enjoy your summer, enjoy your cheese.

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I think so. If there's someone that can come up with a recipe to make fit with the season right now, it's got to be you. :) Good food is good anytime anyway.

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My solution at the time was to roll up my sleeves and grate away, seal the grated cheese in a zip-loc bag, and toss it into the freezer. When I came to use it in cooking a week or so later I would tell myself that everything was fine, but really both the cheese and I were crying inside. The cheese was dead, and there was no saving it.

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[Hampers]

Summer is when I eat the most cheese :) Warm days sat outside having lunch which consists of yummy breads and cheeses. Mmmmm Happy days!

[Dofino in the USA]

yeah,cheese is still being consumed so you can serve it. Just be conservative

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[Jack]

"pass on a runny Epoisses"? This is sacrilege! I'm revoking your cheese credentials!

-- Jack (who, fortunately, lacks the authority to revoke anything)

[Tana]

When I used to cater ("Beauty and the Feast"), one of my most popular finger foods was dried apricots (Royal Blenheims, not the ones that are like ear cartilage) with goat cheese and a basil chevron. The flavors combine to make an ethereal and potent blend that transcends the individual components. Hot weather wouldn't hurt the goat cheese that much, but the blistering sun would probably dry them out.

Try them and let me know if you love them.

Cheers!