A wooden or stone surface used for serving or displaying various types of cheese, often with crackers and accompaniments.
From 'cheese' (from Latin 'caseus,' originally from PIE 'kwat-', meaning to ferment) + 'board' (from Old English 'bord'). The compound emerged in modern culinary contexts.
Cheeseboards became a dinner-party essential only in the last 100 years—before that, cheese was eaten cooked into dishes or simple fare, not a gourmet centerpiece. It's a very new tradition!
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