A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France

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 *A delightful and informative romp through centuries of British cheesemaking … it would make a fine Christmas present, along with a wedge of Sparkenhoe Red Leicester – Bee Wilson * Guardian *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 LanchesterA 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.