I love a good cheese plate. Seriously, if I could eat cheese, crackers, and some salami and prosciutto—YES. And this weekend, I might just do that. Don't judge. Whole Foods is having a cheese sale.
Whole Foods' sale, aptly called the 12 Days of Cheese Promotion, ties perfectly into the holidays (and into my budget). From Dec. 8 - 19, you can get 50 percent off hella types of cheese, including:
- Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog
- Epoisse selected by Herve Mons
- Bonne Bouche Vermont Creamery
- Cheddar Montgomery’s from Neal’s Yard Dairy
- Enraptured Blue from Rogue Creamery, organic
- Gabietou selected by Herve Mons
- Grand Cru Reserve, organic
- Rapin Le Marechal
- Cellars at Jasper Hill Hartwell
- Ubriaco del Piave
- Pleasant Ridge Reserve Uplands Cheese
- Truffle Gouda Klare Melk from Dutch Cheesemasters
Unfortunately, just to be completely clear, each of these aren't going to be half off for the entire duration of the sale. Instead, each day a different cheese will be 50 percent off. I'm still grateful.
In case you're wondering, these cheeses weren't chosen at random. Each was picked for the sale by the Whole Foods Market global cheese buyer, along with their Certified Cheese Professionals—a job I hope to pursue later in life. But for real, this group is certified by the American Cheese Society on everything from nutrition and cheese storage to cheese making and categories of cheese, so I trust their recommendations.
To get the most out of Whole Foods' 12 Days of Cheese Promotion, I'd say you should go every day—it's a good way to build up a solid cheese platter, and spend your whole paycheck.
#SpoonTip: If you want to know which wine to pair with your cheese, Whole Foods picked out some wine's for you here, too.