Liz Thorpe

Liz Thorpe
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Expertise: Cheese
  • Former vice president at Murray's Cheese and one of the nation's leading experts on the subject.
  • Founder of The People's Cheese.
  • Author of The Book of Cheese (2017) and The Cheese Chronicles (2009).

Experience

Liz Thorpe is one of the nation's leading experts on cheese and the founder of The People's Cheese, where she teaches curious eaters how to make great cheese a part of everyday life. She has written two books on the subject, The Book of Cheese (2017) and The Cheese Chronicles (2009), and worked as vice president at Murray's Cheese. In addition to Serious Eats, Liz has written for Food & Wine, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Guardian, Cooking Light, and more.

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

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