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2015 · 016259 — place not indicated: Lactalis Deli Inc. 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Authors. Inscribed by author on title page. Hardcover. Clean and unmarked. Color illustrations. Rare. No copies located in WorldCat institutions. xii 162 pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. A training book on Protected Designation of Origin PDO cheeses for cheesemongers created by Trevor Thomas a Certified Cheese Professional at the request of his employer the dairy company Lactalis. Twenty five cheeses are described providing each with a bit of historic background and illustrations and notes describing aspects their unique processes of production. The cheeses are mostly from France but a few from Italy and one from Spain are also included. In addition it also provides a brief background on the impetus and implementation of the regulatory appellations of origin EU: PDO France: AOC Italy: DOP and gives and introduction to each of the cheese making regions in France Normandy Ile-de-France Franche-Comte Rhone-Alpes Auvergne Aquitaine Midi-Pyrenees Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and Corsica as well as Lombardy and Veneto in Italy and Spain's Castilla-La Mancha. The author Trevor P. Thomas has been a Specialty Cheese Broker a Regional Manager for the Lactalis Group and since 2018 has been Lactalis' lead in Cheese Education and Retail Merchandising across the United States. His writings can also been seen on his blog Cheese Traveler. [Lactalis Deli, Inc.] hardcover