Fun Along The Whey

Since 1978 we have been sharing the joy of home cheese making. With over 100 step by step cheese making recipes, helpful guides and easy to use supplies it's fun and easy to make cheese at home.

FunA box for a Cheesealicious Cheesy Easter Egg.

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It’s soooo cute! Sadly, for us, it’s only sold by Sainsbury in the UK. Spring is on the whey! Congrats to the winner of the US Cheese Championship held March 7th – Guggisberg Cheese of Millersbur...

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Bob's Smoked Tuna with Homemade Cream Cheese

Bob Albers of Mandeville, Louisiana sent us this recipe – his 14th contribution to our blog since 2016.* You don’t have to make your own cream cheese for it, but it’s extra special when you do (an...

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Sheila Litchfield in Heath, MA

Sheila Litchfield has been raising goats, making cheese and teaching cheese making for over 30 years. Western Massachusetts is mostly rural, but Heath is about as rural as it gets (population – 7...

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Eric Olson's Amazing Mobile Cheese Truck

It’s officially a tradition now – every year, in February, we post an update on Eric Olson’s incredible progress from home cheese maker to professional. To get caught up, check out these 2 articl...

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Got Cream? Lucinda's Italian Liqueur

Lucinda Dee It’s called VOV in Italy where Lucinda Dee of Williamsville, Vermont first tasted it. She fell madly in vov with it and a friend gave her the recipe. She was kind enough to share it...

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Ruby Goat Dairy in Jamaica

If you’re lucky enough to go to Jamaica this winter (or any other time), pay a visit to Ruth Mitchell and Byron Walker at Ruby Goat Dairy. They will be happy to show you around their micro dairy –...

FunA heart shaped pizza

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Photo from Pillsbury. For recipe – (click here) Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at cheesemakingmart.com! A cheese by any other name – Can a vegan “cheese” shop in London legally use the word ‘c...

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New Edition of Home Cheese Making!

Ricki with her new edition Home Cheese Making, 4th Edition By Ricki Carroll Forward by Ari Weintzweig (cofounder of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses and former president of the American Cheese...

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Strawberry Cobbler for Valentine's Day

It’s the sweetest time of year again! We combined a couple of recipes to come up with this one – simple and yummy and just the treat for your sweetie on Valentine’s Day. I used frozen strawberri...

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John Augsburger in Wamego, Kansas

John and his wife, Beverly We apologize for being redundant, but, we have to present you with yet another fascinating cheese maker. It’s really ridiculous! The truth is – we don’t even try to f...

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Cheese Coated Olives

I based this recipe on one at the Cheeses from Switzerland website because I’m partial to Gruyère and they have a lot of great recipes featuring it and other Alpine cheeses. I wanted it to be glut...

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Playing Music in the Cave?!

Beat Wampfler with an Emmental. Photo from his Twitter “Cheese in Surround Sound – a culinary art experiment” March 14th is a big day in Burgdorf, Switzerland. That’s the day when a team of jud...

Fun"I notice you have cheese I also enjoy cheese" meme with a dog

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It’s called sonochemistry – A Swiss cheese maker is playing music for his Emmentalers to enjoy while they are aging (blog article soon!). (click here) But is this really food? – Costco is selling...

Aging CheeseChristmas card with a piece of moldy cheese on it

Why Cheese Mites?

Before you get completely grossed out by this post, please bear in mind that mites are everywhere – in the air, the water, on the land. They are in most of the grains and flours we eat. In fact,...

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Bob Cassette in Saco, Maine

Bob and his granddaughter, Melissa. She lives in Nebraska and has three kids with the oldest to graduate from high school in the Spring. She also has two girls, a nine year old and a three year...

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Mike's "Cheddarish with Camembert Outside"

Mike Preece at Port Isaac in Devon, the place where the fictional ‘Doc Martin, Port Wenn’ is filmed. Mike Preece from Wales contacted us recently to share his cheese experiment. We love hearing ...

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Amy Monette in Reno, Nevada

Rosie and Amy at the Expo. A few weeks ago, Amy sent us her fabulous version of Jim Wallace’s recipe for Lactic Cheese with Truffle Oil. We posted it (click here) with a promise to tell you more ...

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Make Ahead Cheesy Kale Gratin

You may have noticed a theme here with all the “make ahead” dishes I’ve been sharing recently. I am, in fact, getting ready to host a rather large gathering at my home on Christmas. (Ricki, the ...

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Amy's Lactic Cheese with Truffle Oil Variation

Amy Monette has a small farm in Reno, Nevada, with 2 milking goats. We’ll be posting a full interview with her (January 1st), but we wanted to share her recipe with you now, because there’s plent...

Fun"Happy Cheesy Holidays" card

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We at New England Cheesemaking Supply Company wish you and yours the best this holiday season. Easy Festive Appetizer – Cranberry Pecan Mini Goat Cheese Balls. Goat cheese is always perfect when ...

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Deal Alert! 12 Days of Cheese Sale

In 2016, Whole Foods came out with their list of the 12 Cheeses You Can’t Live Without, chosen by their global cheese buyer, Cathy Strange.* It’s a very impressive list!** That year, Whole Foods ...

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Joan Schleh at Garden Home Farm in Mt. Vernon, Washington

Joan Schleh with her fabulous cheese. Home Farm is a small farm in the Skagit Valley of northwest Washington. Joan Schleh, her husband, Steve,their daughter and their 2 sons breed Saanen and Obe...

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Ashley Wright in Buckley, Washington

Logan, Ashley, Alanna, and their dog, Bella About a month ago, Ashley made a comment at one of our blog articles (about freezing milk). She said she freezes her goat’s milk all the time to make ...

Recipes with CheeseGluten free cheesy nut loaf with bowl of sauce in middle

Make Ahead Gluten Free Cheesy Nut Loaf

An easy recipe to make in advance of the holidays. I make this every time I host Christmas for my family because my vegetarian relatives love it. In fact, my brother’s wife gave me this recipe ye...

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