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Cheese in Literature

How does cheese fare in literature? References to people eating cheese abound, but most are without any embellishment. Where are the descriptions of cheese, the celebrations of cheese? Apart from Giles Milton’s Edward Trencom’s Nose, here are some extracts, but if you know of any more, do let us know, so that we can include them.

Charles Martell: making cheese to save the Old Gloucester cow

In 1972, the Old Gloucester cow was very nearly extinct; according to Charles Martell, there were only 68 left in the world. How could the breed be saved?

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In Part 16 of Food in Literature, Helen brings together extracts from novels by Georgette Heyer and Bruce Chatwin. You may wonder what can link the novels of two such different authors.