JANET FLETCHER is the author or coauthor of 25 books on food, wine, and beer, including Cheese & Wine, The Cheese Course, and Fresh from the Farmers’ Market. She writes a weekly cheese column for the San Francisco Chronicle and is a former staff food writer whose journalism has earned three James Beard Awards and the IACP Bert Greene Award. A resident of California’s Napa Valley, Janet teaches cheese-appreciation classes around the country.

ED ANDERSON is a photographer specializing in food and the people who make it. His work has appeared in numerous cookbooks, including A16: Food + Wine, Secrets of the Sommeliers, and Bitters. He pairs his cheese and beer in Petaluma, California.