50 Complete Board Blueprints
Classic boards, seasonal boards, budget boards, wine-night boards, party boards, and premium entertaining boards.
The Book
Build charcuterie boards that look beautiful because they make sense.
Charcuterie Lab gives you 50 complete board blueprints with shopping lists, pairing logic, substitutions, and step-by-step build notes so you can host with confidence instead of guessing.
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Paperback. Printed and shipped by Amazon.
50 board plans
259 pages
8.5″×11″ full colour
The Problem
Pretty boards are easy to admire. They are harder to repeat.
Most charcuterie advice gives you a photo and a pile of ingredients. Charcuterie Lab gives you a system: what to buy, why it belongs, where it goes, and how to swap ingredients without breaking the board.
No more random grocery runs.Each board includes a focused shopping list.
No more flavor clashes.Pairings are built around contrast, fat, salt, acid, crunch, and sweetness.
No more blank-board panic.Every board has a build plan you can follow.
What You Get
Inside the book
Shopping Lists
Know what to buy before you walk into the store, with enough structure to stay focused and enough flexibility to substitute.
Pairing Logic
Understand why cheeses, meats, fruits, spreads, crunch, and briny elements work together.
Substitutions
Swap ingredients confidently when something is expensive, unavailable, or not right for your guests.
Step-by-Step Builds
Follow a repeatable order that makes boards easier to assemble and better to look at.
Hosting Upgrades
Use simple elevation ideas to make boards feel more intentional, premium, and memorable.
Sample Boards Inside
Real boards you can shop for, build, and serve.
Each blueprint gives you the ingredients, pairing logic, substitutions, and build notes that turn a grocery list into a board that feels intentional.
The Classic American Starter
A reliable crowd-pleaser with cheddar, salami, grapes, pickles, crackers, mustard, and honey arranged around salty, sweet, sharp, and crunchy contrasts.
The $25 Budget Board
Designed to look generous without overspending, using smart store-bought choices, repeat ingredients, and one or two visual anchors.
The Wine Night Board
Built around cheese textures, cured meat salt, fruit acidity, and briny accents so each bite supports the glass instead of fighting it.
The Holiday Hosting Board
A fuller, celebration-style board with warm colors, richer cheeses, seasonal fruit, nuts, spreads, and easy substitutions for different guest lists.
The Brunch Board
A morning-friendly spread with soft cheese, fruit, pastry crunch, jam, prosciutto, and bright accents that feel special without heavy prep.
The Game Day Board
Bold, snackable, and easy to graze from, with spicy salami, sturdy cheeses, pickles, crunchy crackers, and dips that hold up for a crowd.
The Mediterranean Board
Feta, olives, hummus, roasted peppers, cucumbers, pita, herbs, and cured meats arranged around salty, creamy, fresh, and acidic balance.
The Dessert Cheese Board
A sweeter finish with brie, blue cheese, chocolate, dried fruit, honey, nuts, and crisp cookies that still follows real pairing logic.
Why Print
It opens flat on the counter and stays there.
At 8.5 by 11 inches it lies open while your hands are busy, and the boards are printed large enough to actually read the layout. No phone locking itself mid-build, no pinching to zoom a PDF with cheese on your fingers.
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Before you buy
Is this a physical book?
Yes — a full-colour paperback, 259 pages, printed and shipped by Amazon. Payment, delivery and returns are all handled on their side.
Is it beginner-friendly?
Yes. The book is built around repeatable board formulas, shopping lists, substitutions, and clear steps.
Can I use this for parties and holidays?
Yes. The 50 board plans cover everyday hosting, seasonal events, wine nights, game day, budget boards, and more polished entertaining.
Is there a digital version?
There is a PDF edition on Gumroad. The paperback is the edition we recommend.
Charcuterie Lab
Start building better boards today.
Fifty boards, every one of them explained — so your next board is planned, balanced, and repeatable.
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