Denitra Darby

Christmas Cheese Board Denitra Darby

Any happy hour or Occasion gathering can have a cheese board, but how often is it the star of the whole event? Scene-stealing cheese board is a favorite party trick. Brimming with figs and olives, blue cheese and good cheddar, crusty bread and crackers, it takes the concept of "cheese plate" to another, more sophisticated level.
Author, our resident test kitchen cook and cheese board savant, takes a "go big or go home" approach to boards like the knockout one above. After all, if you're going to spend the money on good cheese, don't support it with limp, stale crackers and canned olives. Buy a few verdant Castelvetrano olives and a handful of top-notch dried fruit. You don't have to break the bank to make a cheese board as beautiful as a color wheel. This book inculde a few top tips and step by step make cheese board.