Cover of Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese

Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese

Author Gordon Edgar (Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge) is well equipped to take readers on a tour through the world of cheddar. For more than fifteen years he has worked as an iconoclastic cheesemonger in San Francisco, but his sharp talent for observation and social critique were honed long before then, in the world of 'zines, punk rock, and progressive politics. His fresh perspectives on such a seemingly common topic are as thought-provoking as they are entertaining.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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