A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France

Author/Guide: Ned Palmer

Why a Booktrail?

2025: A trail of cheese around France

ISBN: 978-1788166942
Genre: Cookbook, Non-Fiction

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What you need to know before your trail

In A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France, Ned Palmer wends his way around the country’s regions, meeting the remarkable cheesemakers who carry the torch for France’s oldest and most intense traditions. As he explains the mysteries of terroir and why each of those different fromages taste as they do, he shows that a French cheeseboard offers genuine insights into la Belle République.

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France by cheese

Charles de Gaulle famously said it was impossible to govern a country with 246 different cheeses. And perhaps he was right. 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 Comté echoes its rugged Alpine home. 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.

Booktrailer Review

If you love cheese or even if you don’t, this book is fascinating. I am a huge cheese lover and found myself hunting down the cheeses in the book, purely to test them and see if I agreed with Ned haha. What a wonderful way of showcasing both France and cheese through a mega cheese booktrail. The people he meets along the way, the old methods of making cheese and the places it is sold…what wonderful stories! Break off a good bit of bread and get dipping into these cheesefest of a read. More please!