The Art of the Cheese Plate

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With The Art of the Cheese Plate, a delicious and thoughtful guide to enlightened entertaining, Tia [Keenan] shares her unmatched fluency with a creative spirit and versatility that lets readers make each pairing special and memorable. This book should serve as a must-have reference for professionals and home entertainers alike-any way you slice it. -Danny Meyer, CEO and founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and author, Setting the Table What an amazingly exciting, brilliantly innovative book-a must-buy for any cheese lover. -Fiona Beckett, author, Fiona Beckett's Cheese Course Holy cow (and sheep, and goat, and buffalo)! Tia Keenan's masterful book is to cheese what the moon landing was to the space program in 1969-After you read this book, you'll never think of a cheese plate in the same way. The Art of the Cheese Plate is an incredibly fun, imaginative, taste bud-tingling, and unpretentious tour of the universe of cheese and its untold flavors. -Anne Saxelby, founder of Saxelby Cheesemongers Tia's passion inspires you to take risks and discover the pleasures of enjoying delicious cheeses and artful pairings. The pages of this book transport readers to a table where new experiences are always deliciously abundant. -Jean-Georges Vongerichten, chef and restaurateur Tia Keenan is an undeniable force for good and right so it's only natural that I'd eat anything she told me to. If it happens to be cheese- smart, beautiful, and delicious cheese, even better! This unique and empowering book will make you really hungry and inspire you to play, explore, and most of all #CheeseYourOwnAdventure. -Richard Betts, master sommelier and author, The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert Tia Keenan has written the 'Sergeant Pepper' of cheese-plate books. The Art of the Cheese Plate raises the bar to a brave new level and will inspire everyone to new heights. Get it now and amaze yourself and your friends with the art it teaches you. -Kurt Beecher Dammeier, chef and founder of Beecher's Handmade Cheese Wow! Tia's imaginative insight and exceptional ideas take eating cheese to entirely new heights of savory and sweet social engagement. Each page makes new matches in cheese heaven with amazing, perfectly curated, artisan cheese. The glamorous, the subtle, the sexy, smoky, surprising-all come together in one beautifully photographed, easy to read book. Its pages offer a lifetime of impressive entertaining options that will tempt your guests and take your own culinary experience to new levels. As Tia says, 'If this is wrong, let's never be right.' -Ari Weinzewig, co-founder of Zingerman's Community of Businesses When Forge first opened, I remember meeting Tia and thinking that I had never met anyone so passionate about cheese-and that passion shows in the pages of this gorgeous fromage bible. The pairings and the way she breaks down the cheeses from around the world will make it easy for anyone from beginners to experts. -Marc Forgione, executive chef, Restaurant Marc Forgione Tia's creative use of both sweet and savory pairings, articulate recipes, and precise advice on how to pick great cheeses make for scintillating reading. The magnificent photography is simply wonderful eye candy. The Art of the Cheese Plate is truly one of a kind, a spectacular new tome on my favorite food: Cheese. -Jonathan Waxman, chef, Barbuto, Adele's, and Waxman's Finally, Tia Keenan gives us the book on how to put together sensuous, delicious, and refreshingly modern cheese plates-all with a good dose of humor and, blessedly, easy-to-follow recipes. Cheese should be, and can be, an everyday food, not just a special-occasion one. The Art of the Cheese Plate is everyone's roadmap for serving and eating cheese with inspired style. -Liz Thorpe, cheese expert and author, The Book of Cheese There aren't many people who know more about cheese than Tia Keenan, which is precisely why it's so impress