A Cheesemonger's Compendium of British & Irish Cheese

‘A delightful and informative romp … a fine Christmas present, along with a wedge of Sparkenhoe Red Leicester’ - Bee Wilson‘His encounters with modern-day practitioners fizz with infectious delight’ - John Walsh‘A beautifully textured tour around the cheeseboard’ - Simon Garfield‘This is a very dangerous book. Read cheesemonger Ned Palmer’s descriptions of the 158 British cheeses therein and you’ll want to buy all of them … very moreish’ - Susan Swarbrick & Teddy Jamieson

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. He is the author of the bestseller A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles.