The World Atlas of Honey

C. Marina Marchese is the international best-selling author of The Honey Connoisseur, Honey for Dummies, and Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper. She is a docent for the Italian National Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey, where she received her formal training. In 2013, she established the American Honey Tasting Society, an educational organization that teaches the Italian methods of honey sensory analysis. Marina's website is honeysommelier.com, and she can be found on social media @honeysommelier.

Contents

Introduction: the story of honey

PART ONE
The World of Honey

The sweet art of honey
The honey harvest
The terroir of honey
Taste honey like a sommelier
Tasting notes: flavors and flowers
Defects in honey
Honey fraud
Health, medicine, and beauty
Sourcing honey
Honey in cooking
Honey and cheese

PART TWO
The Atlas of Honey

NORTH AMERICA
Canada
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Cuba
Costa Rica

SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay

EUROPE
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Scotland
England
Wales
Ireland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovenia
Croatia
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Poland
Baltic States
Ukraine

AFRICA
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Egypt
Senegal
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
South Africa
Madagascar

ASIA
Turkey
Lebanon
Israel
Jordan
Iran
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Oman
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Russia
Pakistan
India
Nepal
China
South Korea
Japan
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia

OCEANIA
Australia
New Zealand
Pitcairn Island

Further reading
Index
Picture credits
Acknowledgments