Cheese balls are a retro party classic. Here’s how to make them

A cheese ball recipe from the cookbook Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South by Vivian Howard - (Voracious)

The cheese ball is a cliché. I believe, however, that like the pig in a blanket and the baked potato, the cheese ball is so cliched it has actually become cool.

Socially acceptable or not, when this dish from my cookbook “Deep Run Roots” is put out at a party of any kind, people hover over it like it’s a crystal ball.