A celebration of the quality, traditions and idiosyncrasies within traditional, small-scale French cheesemaking ... it's impossible to read this book without feeling inspired to add at least five or six French cheeses to the selection this year -- William Morris, 'Best Food Books for Christmas' * Club Oenologique * This joyful tasting menu of a book sprinkles history and local knowledge into a geographically curated celebration of France's tastiest (and funkiest) export * Journey * Unearthing the history and people behind some of the country's finest fromages * Specialty Food * 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 Wilson * Guardian * 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 * Spectator * 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
