My personal experience with cheese is limited to the cheddar which is our everyday cheese; mozzarella, because we love pizza; parmesan, because it is a common ingredient in salads. Once in a while we get to taste blue cheese, or gruyere or some such exotic sounding names. This happens when we get cheese gift baskets for Christmas. We put small slices of different cheeses from the basket and place them on a flat dish. It partners very well with wine.

A nice way to start dinner with friends is to prepare a cheese plate of different variants of cheese. Put in something sweet, something savory some biscuits and nuts. This will make a good appetizer before dinner. Cheese, a good wine and pleasant conversation will prepare the palate for an extraordinary meal. If you have real cheese lovers as guests, they will not mind having a cheesecake for dessert.