It’s been a busy few weeks of workshops and projects, so I’m finally getting a chance to share my latest piece for The Spruce Eats. This was such a fun story to write, because it combines my love of a tool that sees daily use in my kitchen with a bit of family history that let me reach back for memories from my childhood and beyond. It’s funny how sometimes the smallest things can stick with you the longest—like this cheese slicer that I’ve been using for more than 40 years.

I was able to work on this story while I was visiting my family, so I had a chance to shoot the generations of Norwegian cheese planes that remain favorite tools. In my mom’s kitchen, you’ll find my grandmother’s cheese slicer. The one I grew up with has moved to my kitchen, and a Norwegian cousin kept my sister in the loop by gifting her a lovely silver cheese plane for her wedding.

Learn more about why I love these cheese slicers in this article.

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I will happily admit I eat a lot—a lot—of cheese. Whether it’s store-bought and then home-smoked or homemade, I find a way to put it on almost everything, starting with morning breakfast burritos and moving down to lunchtime salads, afternoon apple snacks, dinnertime pasta, and late-night popcorn. When it comes to sliced cheese, these are some of my favorite places to layer it on:

• Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
• Stovetop Sourdough English Muffins
• Gorgeous Grilled Cheese
• Vegetarian Smoked-Beet Reuben
• Black Bean Veggie Burgers

Then there’s another family tradition: a slice of extra-sharp cheddar, instead of ice cream, alongside Crumble-Top Deep-Dish Apple Pie.

You can find more recipes that use cheese in the recipe index and more of my work off the blog here.

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