Beautifully arranged charcuterie and cheese boards are all the rage, popping up more and more on restaurant menus and at home gatherings. It can be a complex process, selecting the perfect combination of meats and cheeses and setting everything up so that it's social media-worthy (here's the arranging method you should try for your next cheese board, by the way).

If you're hoping to step things up a notch beyond the monotonous routine of cheddar cheese and Ritz crackers, take a page from the Italians' antipasto handbook and add taralli to your next cheese board. Taralli, or tarallo in its singular form, are Italian crackers that have been an antipasto staple for hundreds of years.