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.

• ContentsIntroduction: the story of honeyPART ONEThe World of HoneyThe sweet art of honeyThe honey harvestThe terroir of honeyTaste honey like a sommelierTasting notes: flavors and flowersDefects in honeyHoney fraudHealth, medicine, and beautySourcing honeyHoney in cookingHoney and cheesePART TWOThe Atlas of HoneyNORTH AMERICACanada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Costa RicaSOUTH AMERICAColombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, UruguayEUROPEIceland, 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, UkraineAFRICAMorocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, MadagascarASIATurkey, 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, IndonesiaOCEANIAAustralia, New Zealand, Pitcairn IslandFurther readingIndexPicture creditsAcknowledgments

"Beautifully laid out and illustrated . . . it is the Atlas section of this book which makes it suchan engaging guide to the diversity of the honey world. Taking us on a global tour of terroir and beekeeping practice, it examines the landscapes, flora and bees which create the archetypal honeys of more than 80 different countries."