MAX McCALMAN is the author of Mastering Cheese (Clarkson Potter, 2009), The Cheese Deck (Potter Style, 2007), Cheese (Clarkson Potter, 2005), winner of the 2006 James Beard Award for Best Reference Book, and The Cheese Plate (Clarkson Potter, 2002), which was nominated for both James Beard and IACP Awards for single-subject cookbooks.