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A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France
Ned Palmer
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Description for A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France
Hardback.
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 Comté 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 ... Read more
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 Comté 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Profile Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781788166935
SKU
9781788166935
Shipping Time
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About Ned Palmer
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.
Reviews for A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France
A celebration of the quality, traditions and idiosyncrasies within traditional, small-scale French cheesemaking ... it's impossible to read this book without feeling inspired to add at least five or six French cheeses to the selection this year
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