Longlisted for the 2024 André Simon AwardsIn 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.
