A Cheesemonger's Tour De France
A Cheesemonger's Tour De France
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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 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.
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. 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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Every cheese tells a story, whether it’s a fresh goat’s cheese or a big beefy eighteen month old cheddar. Each style and variety holds the history of the people who first made it, from the builders of Stonehenge to medieval monks, from Stilton producers of the 18th century to the ‘Renaissance cheesemakers’ of recent decades.
Along the way we learn the craft and culture off cheesemaking from an eccentric and engaging cast of characters who have revived and reinvented farmhouse and artisan traditions.
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