100 cheeses from around the world. Decades of prize-winners. Two World Cheese Awards judges to guide you. Which is the ONE CHEESE TO RULE THEM ALL? You decide. Are you a Comté connoisseur or does your heart belong to Rogue River Blue? Can you tell your Brie from your Camembert? Can you name an award-winning Indian cheese and would you recognise a cheese iron? If you take your cheese seriously then this is the companion you need to live your best cheese life. World Cheese Awards judges Patrick McGuigan and Carlos Yescas have a wealth of knowledge garnered from years of travelling and tasting.…mehr
100 cheeses from around the world. Decades of prize-winners. Two World Cheese Awards judges to guide you. Which is the ONE CHEESE TO RULE THEM ALL? You decide. Are you a Comté connoisseur or does your heart belong to Rogue River Blue? Can you tell your Brie from your Camembert? Can you name an award-winning Indian cheese and would you recognise a cheese iron? If you take your cheese seriously then this is the companion you need to live your best cheese life. World Cheese Awards judges Patrick McGuigan and Carlos Yescas have a wealth of knowledge garnered from years of travelling and tasting. One Cheese to Rule Them All is a distillation of that experience through 100 cheese profiles that have won awards over the years, offering charming geekery against a backdrop of the people, places and history that define these world-class cheeses. Expect fascinating stories and stats, and an odyssey through the delicious world of cheese to discover the ONE cheese to rule them all.
Patrick McGuigan is a freelance food journalist and cheese writer who contributes to media including the Telegraph, The Financial Times, and delicious among many others and has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme. He is a senior judge at the World Cheese Awards and a member of the Guild des Fromagers and runs cheese courses at the Guild of Fine Food and Academy of Cheese. He also works for Cheese Journeys – a cheese travel company that takes guests on cheese trips of a lifetime in the UK, France, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. Patrick is also the co-founder of the British Cheese Weekender – an online festival to support small cheesemakers and the London Cheese Project festival. Carlos Yescas has been a diplomat, professor and United Nations expert, and still juggles a number of jobs, including raw milk cheese advocate, cheese judge and researcher. He has led cheese tours in various countries since 2018, with his company Cheese Spelunker Tours. Born in Mexico, Yescas also distributes Mexican cheeses and is currently setting up a Latin American cheesemaker network. His book, Quesos Mexicanos (Larousse, 2013) highlights some of the most important cheeses in Mexico and their history. Carlos is an international cheese judge. He acted as the Supreme Judge for the World Cheese Awards in 2009 and is part of the prestigious Guide Internationale des Fromagers with the ranking "Garde et Jury." He is the founder of the Mexican Institute of Cheese.
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Preface Introduction How the World Cheese Awards work The Early Years The 2000s The 2010s The 2020s Our Picks Conclusion Glossary Index
