A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France

‘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

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.