A Cheesemonger's Tour de France - Ned Palmer

A Cheesemonger's Tour de France

By: Ned Palmer

Hardcover | 3 January 2024

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A cheesemonger's guide to the world of French cheese, complete with tasting notes and serving suggestions

Charles de Gaulle famously said it was impossible to govern a country with 246 different cheeses. And perhaps he was right. Every French cheese carries an essence of the place where it's made - its history, identity and landscape. Sometimes that's a physical thing, as the hard texture of Comt© echoes its mountainous home in the Jura. Other times it's about power and politics - Brie swelling to royal dimensions due to its proximity to the French court, or Camembert gaining national status after being supplied in patriotic boxes to First World War soldiers. In A Cheesemonger's Tour de France, Ned Palmer wends his way around the country's regions, meeting the remarkable cheesemongers who carry the torch for France's oldest and most treasured traditions. As he explains the mysteries of terroir and why each of those different fromages taste as they do, he shows that a French cheeseboard offers genuine insights into la Belle R©publique.

About the Author

Ned Palmer runs the Cheese Tasting Company, whose unique events pair cheese with wines, beers, whiskies and history. After studying philosophy, theatre and experimental psychology, he worked as a jazz pianist and hospital porter, before helping out on a stall at Borough Market led him into a life of cheesemongering.
Industry Reviews
'Praise for A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles:

A delightful and informative romp through centuries of British cheesemaking ... it would make a fine Christmas present, along with a wedge of SparkenhoeRed Leicester' - Bee Wislon

'Palmer writes with pace and passion, and his encounters with modern-day practitioners fizz with infectious delight ... Full of flavour.' - Sunday Times

'Part history, part travelogue and part tasting menu ... an utter delight, rousing, infectiously impassioned and inspiring.' - Stephanie Sy-Quia

'I hugely enjoyed [this] engaging, learned, funny, surprising book. Palmer wears his extraordinary range of knowledge lightly, but he is serious too. His book is history from below, from the perspective of daily life ... the best kind of social history, the kind you can eat' - John Lanchester

'A beautifully textured tour around the cheeseboard' - Simon Garfield

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