Cheesemongers Tour de France

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Longlisted for the 2024 Andre 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 Comte 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.
Witty, fascinating and endlessly moreish, A Cheesemonger's Tour de France is the perfect guide to a French cheeseboard - and a terrific insight into la Belle Republique.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781788166942
Published: October 2025

Number of pages: 384
Width: 128 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 26 mm

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd