2 New Cheese Makers Share Their Stories
We recently heard from two beginner cheese makers on opposite coasts who made their first cheddars with supplies they received as gifts. We would love for you to join us in welcoming them to our ...
Raising a Kid Who Loves Goats!
Hazel with Annie, her very first goat When I interviewed Vera Bennett in Show Low, Arizona, she recommended that I do an article about her friends, Wendy Woodward and her daughter, Hazel McGuffin...
8 Experts Share Tips For Selling Cheese at Farmer's Markets
Tucker Family Farm Creamery in Victor, Montana As consumers, we love to buy cheese at farmer’s markets. Why? It’s fresh. This can be a big issue at grocery stores. If you’ve ever bought a che...
Donna Sprankle: Making Mozzarella in Her Instant Pot
Well, this is something new! We were intrigued when we got this note from Donna Sprankle in Ballston Spa, New York: Just wanted to send a thank you. Made my 1 st batch of mozzarella (using my in...
We love this simple new recipe for Lemon Cream Cheese Bars at The Whoot. Is Cheese Healthy? That’s a complicated question explained simply in this article by Lisa Drayer at CNN. A restaurant in B...
Vera Bennett, MD in Show Low, Arizona
I am a pediatrician in a small mountain town in Arizona (Show Low). I got into goats a couple of years ago, but really started learning things from my friend Wendy (a science teacher PhD) and her...
Hastings Farm in Suffield, Connecticut: Update
Dan Smyth and Megan Hastings Six years ago, I wrote an article about Hastings Farm – click here. It was based on an email interview with pictures from their Facebook page. At that time, Megan a...
Greg Lapp in Sanger, California
Greg Lapp biting into his Cantal Greg Lapp and his wife, Deb are livin’ the dream in California. They have a million hobbies, a bunch of animals and a very cool house. Greg sent us a picture of h...
Charles H. and His Unique Wax Dipping Technique
A couple of weeks ago, we got this picture in the mail from Charles in Tampa, Florida: Of course, when you get a picture like that, you have to figure there’s an interesting cheese maker behind i...
Beltane Farm in Lebanon, Connecticut
It’s a crazy scene at Beltane Farm this time of year – there are baby goats everywhere (they call it March Madness!) There were 80 born in the last month! Fortunately, you can go there any Sunday...
Making Ricotta by Howard Dewsbury
Our good friend, Howard Dewsbury contributed his first article to our blog in 2016 – Howard’s Own “Small Cheese” Recipe. He is retired and living in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Besides cheese, he a...
A tidbit is a little piece of something BIG and that something is the big, big world of cheese. We know you’re kinda busy making your own “fabulous fromage,” so, every month (around the 15th), we...
Julie Ott lives in North Berwick, Maine. She raises goats and makes a wide variety of cheeses with the milk. She has already contributed 2 recipes to our blog and we are very grateful: Julie’s G...
Eleridge McCracking in Shelbyville, Tennessee
Eleridge McCracking and his wife have been very busy lately, helping their goats give birth. (It’s that time of year.) So, we’re grateful to him for taking the time to answer a few questions: How ...
Been to Italy lately? If you have been, you probably bought a piece of cheese to take back to your hotel. Odds are good that your cheese was carefully wrapped in the best possible wrap, used in 80...
Karen Kushner with some of her cheeses Red Gable Cheese Workshops is located in Sparta, Tennessee-a small community located on the scenic Upper Cumberland plateau approximately an hour and a half...
Eric Olson's Amazing Make-Room Updated
This is a follow through to an article we posted a year ago – Eric Olson’s Amazing Home Set-Up. At that time, Eric Olson was using his skills in welding stainless steel to make and modify the equi...
She Owned a Cheese Shop - Beth Lewand
Beth and Chris in their cheese shop Beth Lewand and her husband, Chris Gray found a storefront in Brooklyn, New York (Greenpoint) and opened their own cheese (and beer) shop – Eastern District. ...
Mayval Farm in Westhampton, MA
The Parsons family has owned and run their farm for 250 years- since 1778. The farm has so much going on and there are so many family members involved, that we couldn’t possibly cover it all in th...
A tidbit is a little piece of something BIG and that something is the big, big world of cheese. We know you’re kinda busy making your own “fabulous fromage,” so, every month (around the 15th), we...
One page from Everfest.com I was recently at a meeting of the Massachusetts Cheese Guild and a young man from western MA (Justin Kruszyna) spoke to us about the Cheshire Cheese Festival, a new ev...
Cream of the Crop Farm in Russell, MA
Cream of the Crop is just getting started. Less than 6 years ago, the farm consisted of an empty house and store. Now, it’s a dairy farm and a creamery and it’s still growing. In 2012, Jerald ...
King Cake with Soft Cheese Filling
Mardi Gras season started January 6th, so, technically, this article is a little late. However, we should get a pass because we live in New England, a long way from New Orleans, and Mardi Gras is n...
John Miller of Winterplace Farm in Leeds, Maine
I first interviewed John in 2010 when his farm (The Farmstead at Mine Brook) was located in Charlemont, MA, a “stone’s throw” away from our shop in Ashfield . John in 2010. We have since moved t...
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