I’m sitting alone in a conference room in StyleCaster’s office on 5th Avenue, but the meeting taking place is no ordinary one. I’m on a Zoom call with Stanley Tucci. The actor, chef, and author shoots me a wry smile through the computer as I ask him about his favorite restaurant in New York City. “I don’t have a favorite anything,” he deadpans. “I don’t.”
That’s not to say that Tucci doesn’t like anything—quite the contrary. He likes a lot of things, cheese being one of them. So much so, that he’s teamed up with San Pellegrino and Murray’s Cheese to create a savory cheese “cake.” He clarifies, “I suppose we should call it a cake of cheese, because it’s not actually a cheesecake. It’s just wheels of cheese.”
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Indeed, the “cake” is made with three wheels of cheese, including La Tur, Mini Brie, and Cave Aged Reserve Cornelia, topped with a “star” made from Buonatavola Provolone. “We just wanted to come up with cheeses that have varying textures and tastes, and so there’s sort of something for everybody there,” he explains. “The idea is that you create what looks like a tiered cake, which is something that, my wife and I had at our wedding. Instead of a real wedding cake, we had a larger version of what you’re going to get in the San Pellegrino box, and it’s just great. It’s something you can have for the holidays. It’s a nice, beautiful looking thing. And as I said, different tastes and textures, before or after a meal, is really lovely.”