A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France
$26.72
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2026
Summary
Longlisted for the 2024 André Simon Awards.
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. 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 po…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788166942 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788166949 |
| Author: | Ned Palmer |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘A celebration of the quality, traditions and idiosyncrasies within traditional, small-scale French cheesemaking’ & ‘Best Food Books for Christmas’ - Club Oenologique
‘Unearthing the history and people behind some of the country’s finest fromages’ - Specialty Food
Praise for Ned Palmer:
‘Full of flavour … Palmer writes with pace and passion, and his encounters with modern-day practitioners fizz with infectious delight’ - Sunday Times
‘An utter delight, rousing, infectiously impassioned and inspiring’ - Spectator
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.
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