A cheese book written by someone who is not solemn about cheese. Erika Kubick was a cheesemonger before she was a writer, and it shows in what she tells you to actually buy.

Styles, producers, how to build a board, what to pour alongside it, and the arguments worth having. Hardcover, 352 pages, 7 by 9 inches, seventy-five colour photographs and illustrations. Published by Abrams.

For the host who has graduated past a supermarket wedge. The friend who reads cookbooks in bed. The housewarming that needs something with a bit of nerve.