What the Cheese Sees

Learn to tell fortunes through the magic power of cheese—yes cheese!—with this fascinating and lively guide to dairy divination.

You don’t need to look to the stars or a deck of cards to tap into what the future may hold—the answer could be sitting in your fridge! From the world’s only professional tyromancer (aka cheese fortune teller), What the Cheese Sees is a fascinating deep dive into the art of reading one’s future through cheese. Starting with the wild interwoven history of cheese and divination, author and dairy divinator Jennifer Billock breaks down her methodology to how to perform a diary divination for yourself and others; explaining how the patterns of fermentation, number of holes, and the shape of cheese all hold signs and messages.


Next, she breaks down the unique mystical possibilities of 30 types of common and rare cheeses—like how blue cheese with its marbling makes a good starter cheese, that the crumbles of feta can help let you know if an argument will be resolved soon (or not), and how Gamalost (a rare cheese from Norway known as “Viking Viagra”) could help give insights into your love life. The beauty of tyromancy is that you don’t need any special equipment or deep esoteric understanding to take on the art of dairy divination: Just a piece of cheese, a set of intentions, and this entertaining guide.


For the foodie seeking answers, a curious kitchen witch, or a cheese lover keen to know more about their fromage, What the Cheese Sees takes you on a dairy-filled journey that will inspire you to believe in the magic of cheese.

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