Cheddar Gorge
A Book of English Cheeses
Cheddar Gorge
A Book of English Cheeses
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Description
Where can you read about a monstrous cheese big enough to hold a girl of 13 inside? Or that the invention of the bicycle directly, and poorly, impacted sales of cheddar? Or that some of the first cheese makers hid gold coins inside their wheels of dairy as a sales tool?
“This is a rare treat, a rediscovered gem. While the stories, history and beautiful illustrations contained within this book will fill you with a sense of bucolic enchantment, its message about provenance and place is still just as relevant today as it has ever been” Dulcie Crickmore, Fen Farm Dairy
“Cheddar Gorge is a delightful book full of fascinating anecdotes that narrate the history of artisan British cheesemaking up to World War II. These stories are of as much interest to cheese enthusiasts today as they were when the book was first published.” Ros Windsor, Paxton & Whitfield
“A fascinating glimpse of a lost world of British cheeses, at once familiar and wildly exotic. Essential reading for anyone curious about British cheeses past, present, and future.” Bronwen and Francis Percival, authors of Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese
“This is why I make cheese!! British food is understated – particularly in cheese – but is now starting to rival what France has done. But don’t tell the French, they won’t let me back in the country!” Peter Kindel, Cheesemaker, Daylesford Organic Farm
“Cheddar Gorge is a lovely period piece. The EH Shepard illustrations are delightful and its superb essays clearly demonstrate that quality regional cheeses existed well before the current British dairy renaissance.” Ivan Day, Food Historian
“Cheddar George gives the modern cheese maker and enthusiast a fascinating history and insight and will now remain the inspiration for artisan cheese makers. Without these stories and anecdotes, British cheeses would not have the strong respect and identity they do around the world today.” Simon Bowden, The Whole Cheese
Sir John Collings Squire (1884 –1958) was Editor and founder of The London Mercury. He established himself as a talker, drinker, habitué of clubs, and man about town. His championship of English cheeses reflected a lifelong love of all things rural and traditional. All these were threatened by modern life and Squire fought for their preservation in verse and prose. The cheese board was a battleground in miniature. His homage to English cheese also reflected his desire not to take the snobbery of French gastronomy too seriously.
Ernest Howard Shepard OBE, MC (1879 – 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the animal characters in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, as well as his extensive work for the satirical magazine Punch.
Contributors:
Ernest Oldmeadow
Horrace Vachell
Ambrose Heath
Vyvyan Holland
Andre Simon
Henry Stevens
Moray M’Laren
Oliver St J Gogarty