A Cheesy Gift Guide

Plus, cheese pairings that taste like pie.

Hope you had a cozy and delicious Thanksgiving week! I just arrived back to my apartment and feeling all the feels. Tomorrow is December, which means it’s my last month here before heading upstate full-time (for the time being.) I’m not trying to make a big deal about leaving, especially since I’ll only be an hour and a half away and will be back often for work. Still, I can’t help feeling a bit sad and nostalgic. I’ve spent the past nine years living in the same 4-block radius, and so much has happened during that time. These were my formative years in the city — leaving my job to pursue cheese full-time, writing two (and a half) cookbooks, and experiencing immense personal growth. It’s the end of an era. I’ll definitely write a more sappy post when the time comes (including my long awaited Greenpoint, Brooklyn foodie guide) but for now I need to sort through all of the clutter I’ve accumulated over the years.

This was the first Thanksgiving where I actually didn’t make a cheese plate! I wanted to try something different, and went down the small bites / dips route. I recipe tested two dishes for the new cookbook and they turned out DELICIOUS. One was a whipped feta dip and the other, festive tortellini skewers. I’m going to make a few tweaks to the skewers, so sharing them here won’t be a huge spoiler. They are definitely time consuming to assemble, but the end result makes for a great handheld bite.

I also was tasked with making a crudités plate, but I find veggie platters to be a bit boring. My mom suggested we arrange them into a pie shape, and I came up with this cute little presentation using cucumber as the pie lattice. I want to add a few tweaks, so I’ll try to record a tutorial to share in the next few weeks!

skewers and the crudites pie!

A few people asked for a high-def version of the skewers for a phone wallpaper background, so you can download that here!

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A Gift Guide for Cheese Lovers

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For The Hostess

• That Cheese Plate Wants To Party (Signed Copy)

• Fig + Rosemary Candle

• Cheese Board By Numbers

• Cheese Knife Set

• That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life (Signed Copy)

For The Fashionable Ones

• Cheese Necklace / Charcuterie Necklace

• Cheese Party Tour Tee

• Cheese Party Club Hat

• Wish You Were Cheese Sweatshirt

• Charcuterie Daydreams Shirt

For The Cozy Ones

• Cheese Crewneck (Green)

• Cheese Sweatpants (Green)

• Inner Cheese Long Sleeve

• Salami River Long Sleeve

• Cheese Crewneck (Black)

For the Farmer’s Market Fan

• Brie Mine Hat

• Lavender Fields Tote

• Cheese By Numbers Shopping List

• That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life (Signed Copy)

For the Game Night Lover

• That Cheese Plate Wants To Party (Signed Copy)

• That Cheese Puzzle

• Charcuterie Daydreams 2.0 Tee

• Wine Tumbler

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PAIRING GUIDES

Want to know how to pair Thanksgiving leftovers with cheese, or how to create a cheese pairing that tastes like pie? See below!