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As the title suggests, this book explores the history of cheese-making in Britain, and also highlights several independent cheesemakers in the country. Reading it will make you want to eat All. The. Cheese.

@emilyrose_x

“Neolithic cheesemaker Jill Hatch with some stubborn milk”

To be honest, I wasn‘t exactly sure about this book - originally bought as a potential present for a relative, but not gifted as it was bumped for something more exciting. I‘ve just finished the first chapter and it‘s entertaining, informative, and really making me want to have a cheeseboard to hand!

Enjoyable all the way through, and makes me very curious to try a little more cheese someday.

I didn't realise how interesting this would be, honestly. Like, the descriptions of how cheeses taste aren't working for me because I've tried comparatively little cheese myself, but pretty much everything else is, even if it's speculative.

Pretty sure I've eaten cheese made by some of the people mentioned in this book, at the Caerphilly cheese festival, and I agree: it is amazing cheese.

I wish I was familiar with more different types of cheese, so I could imagine more about the cheeses described. Still, I'm enjoying the cheese-eye(?!)-view of history; it's heavy on speculation, but it doesn't pretend to be otherwise, so it's all cool.

Interesting, well-researched, and great for a cheese-lover like me, I loved this book.

#12Booksof2020 @Andrew65

A well-researched history of the British cheese industry that is an absolute must for cheese lovers. It will leave you wanting to eat ALL THE CHEESE!

#FoodOnCover
#MagicalMay
@Eggs

Right now, the tagged book is my #FaveNonFiction because Cheese Is Life!!!

#FebruaryFeels @Eggs

Ran out of room in my earlier review to mention that his meets the #LiveAndLearn prompt for #Booked2020, so that‘s 4 of the Winter prompts done, the other 3 being:

#MillenialAuthor - Normal People by Sally Rooney
#CoverCrush - The Binding by Bridget Collins
#FinishInADay - Down In The Valley by Laurie Lee

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

This book is an absolute must-read all cheese lovers!! Full of information on the history of cheese-making, and how wider history has influenced cheese-making, and mentioning so many cheeses that you will instantly want to track down and buy. The writing-style is so readable and friendly, you‘ll want to meet Ned for a drink, a chat and some cheese-tasting.

1. Tagged

2. Too close to call between Bridget Collins‘ The Binding and An Yu‘s Braised Pork.

3. I don‘t watch much TV; I think the last adaption I watched was Andrew Davies‘ one of Les Miserable, on the flight to Dubai last May!

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

The problem with reading a book about artisan cheeses......

“Working as a cheesemonger, you get to hear the Monty Python cheese sketch a lot.”

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

“... according to the timeline on the wall of the visitors centre in Stonehenge, brewing and cheesemaking turn up around the same time, well before baking. These Neolithic people had their priorities right.”