Q&A for How to Buy a Standing Rib Roast

Up to seven days as long as your fridge is 45 degrees or less. Fine steak houses "age" their beef by leaving it in their walk-in refrigerators for longer than that. Make sure it is covered well so it does not absorb other food smells.

As long as the temp stays at 45 degrees or less and it's defrosted, it will keep up to seven days under perfect conditions.

You shouldn’t have to use string to tie up your rib roast unless the bones have already been cut off, and if that’s the case, get a different roast, as it’s already been ruined.

Yes, you can! If the market where you bought it can't wrap it for freezing, leave the roast in the wrap it was purchased in, and wrap it again, either with butcher's paper or a second layer of plastic wrap. Try to get as much air out as possible, freeze until a couple of days before the party, then thaw it in the refrigerator.