Stephanie Sy-Quia

Rescuing the great British Cheddar

It’s hard to believe that the celebrated British staple, which recently triumphed at the World Cheese Awards, actually faced extinction in the 1930s

  • A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles

    Ned Palmer

    Profile, pp. 384, £16

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