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A Cheesemonger’s Tour de France
About this book
Winner of the John Avery Award at the André Simon Awards 2024
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 Comté 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 République.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction Tour de France Paris
- Chapter 1 King of Cheeses, Cheese of Kings Brie – Seine-et-Marne
- Chapter 2 Look to the East Munster – Alsace
- Chapter 3 Banned on the Métro Époisses – Burgundy
- Chapter 4 Mountains of Cheese Comté – The Jura and Savoie
- Chapter 5 Grumpy Cows Salers – The Auvergne
- Chapter 6 The French Get the Blues Roquefort – Aveyron
- Chapter 7 Gregarious Goats Buchette de Manon – Provence
- Chapter 8 Hard Sheep Ossau-Iraty – The Pyrenees
- Chapter 9 Little Droppings Crottin de Chavignol – Centre-Val de Loire
- Chapter 10 Resurgent Bretons New wave cheeses – Brittany
- Chapter 11 The Soldiers’ Cheese Camembert – Normandy
- Epilogue Future Fromage Tradition, crisis and love
- A Brief Directory: 55 Favourite Fromages
- Sources & Further Reading
- How to Buy Fromage
- Acknowledgements
- Images
- Index