Is Parmesan Cheese Capitalized?

Parmesan is a very hard dry sharply flavored cheese that is sold grated or in wedges. The word Parmesan is an Americanization of the word Parmigiano. When a cheese is named after a geographical place that is capitalized, the cheese is also capitalized. If the name of the cheese comprises adjectives or nouns that are not normally capitalized we don’t capitalize it. In the English language we also try to observe the accent marks that are appropriate to the language.