Cheese Plate!

A crowd pleaser when served as a starter.  A pleasant, "avant garde" surprise when served as dessert.  This dish is ALL about presentation.  My friend Monica has mastered the cheese platter by taking risks with the variety and accompanying her cheese with sweet treats such as fresh honeycomb.  She also has really cute cheese labels so guests know what they are eating.  I also came across a great presentation while assisting Mike's cousin Lisa at an Encore Catering event in NJ.  Lisa's version was "garnsihsed" with fresh figs and mixed olives.  

Ingredients

3-4 cheese varieties:  aim for a soft, a hard and a stinky.

• Camembert
• Truffle Chedder
• Chevre with fin herbs

1 tbsp fresh honey comb (include wax)

Fruit, such as 

• 1 small bunch seedless red grapes
• 4 fresh figs, halved length-wise
• 1/2 c dried apricots

1/2 c roasted chickpeas

Comments

[Joan Levinson]

Hi Martha,

Ilene just e-mailed me your web site andI think it si great.Love to Mike,

Joan