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.

Recipes with CheeseHalloween Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Truffles

Halloween Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Truffles

These are too cute!!! It seems like whenever I find a recipe online, there is always something I want to change in it. So, I end up going to other websites to look for variations. That happened ...

IngredientsThistle Rennet: Exciting New Product!

Thistle Rennet: Exciting New Product!

When we first posted the article about Making Rennet from Fig Sap, we had many inquiries in the comments section about making rennet from thistle. At the time, 2011, there was very little info ava...

FunLittle Tidbits - 017

Little Tidbits - 017

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 (on the 15th), we sco...

Recipes with CheeseEasy, Cheesy Halloween Appetizers

Easy, Cheesy Halloween Appetizers

Olive Aliens from Hungry Happenings. Draw faces with black food coloring marker and soak in the brine for a few minutes until they look otherworldly. Serve with cheese (of course!). Creativity ...

FunChalk and Cheese - Part 2

Chalk and Cheese - Part 2

How to Use Chalk to Identify Your Cheese They say “it’s all in the presentation” and maybe it is! If you have taken the time to make your own cheese, why not take a few minutes to create a whey t...

Fellow Cheese MakersA Special Time-Keeping Spreadsheet for Making Cheese

A Special Time-Keeping Spreadsheet for Making Cheese

Cheese Planning Helper By Bob Albers* Like most of us, I love to make cheese. Because I don’t have my own cheese factory, I use the kitchen. This causes a bit of conflict with my wife who asks “...

Fellow Cheese MakersNorth Meadow Farm in Manchester, Vermont

North Meadow Farm in Manchester, Vermont

There’s a new dairy in town and they’re making cheese! Lisa Cross, Jesse Pomeroy and David Johnson have joined forces to bring an old, tired farm in the Green Mountains of Southern Vermont back to...

Fellow Cheese MakersVisiting Grafton Village Cheese Company

Visiting Grafton Village Cheese Company

Chances are you’ve eaten at least one kind of Grafton Cheddar (https://www.graftonvillagecheese.com/). It’s sold everywhere, including the main supermarket in my town (Greenfield, MA). It is, in ...

Our CompanyDehydrating Pears with the Cheese Queen

Dehydrating Pears with the Cheese Queen

Ricki’s Dehydration Station Ricki is not only the Cheese Queen – she’s the Royal Dehydrator. In the last few years, she has dried apples, peaches, bananas, pineapple, tomatoes, kale and just abou...

EquipmentModifying Our "Off the Wall" Press Plans

Modifying Our "Off the Wall" Press Plans

Where else but at our company (New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.) can you buy a press for $4.95? Yes, it’s true that you have to make it yourself, but we’ve done the hard part for you! Our Off ...

FunLittle Tidbits - 016

Little Tidbits - 016

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 (on the 15th), we sco...

FunChalk and Cheese - Part 1

Chalk and Cheese - Part 1

Will Studd’s book is available on Amazon Recently, Ricki (The Cheese Queen) sent me the link to a video of cool street art.* Much of it was done in chalk and it reminded me that chalk is often u...

Fellow Cheese MakersMaking Cheese at Hildene in Vermont

Making Cheese at Hildene in Vermont

Hildene – The Lincoln Family Home Hildene is located in Vermont’s southwest corner, The Shires, in Manchester Village, close to many popular ski areas. It was the summer home for Abraham Lincoln’...

Recipes with CheeseMaggie's Easy Version of Tikka Masala

Maggie's Easy Version of Tikka Masala

Mock Tikka Masala By Maggie Parkinson* An easy, fast Indian curry … not authentic but yummy! When I first came to Seattle as an Indian food lover, I was not happy to find that there was only ONE I...

Cheese Making RecipeBrooke Moore (14) - Food Artist Extraordinaire!

Brooke Moore (14) - Food Artist Extraordinaire!

Last year we had a promotion going for awhile where, if you sent in a recipe with a picture of it, you received a gift certificate to our store (cheesemakingmart.com). We had quite a few responses an...

EventsJudging at the New England Regional Cheese Competition - 2017

Judging at the New England Regional Cheese Competition - 2017

This is the eighth year for the cheese competition at the Eastern States Exposition (known as the Big E). The Big E starts in September, but the judging for the competition is always in August. ...

EventsFree Food Safety Course for Cheese Makers

Free Food Safety Course for Cheese Makers

FREE until December 31, 2017 ! We sell supplies here at New England Cheese Making Supply Co. (not cheese), but when I received an e-mail about a free food safety course, I decided to take it. It’...

FunLittle Tidbits - 015

Little Tidbits - 015

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 (on the 15th), we sco...

Fellow Cheese MakersRon Schmidt in Gainesville, Florida

Ron Schmidt in Gainesville, Florida

Ron getting ready to play “air accordion” with a gator that he met in downtown Salem, OR last month. So far, they have not asked him back, but he is waiting for the phone call. Ron Schmidt, Profe...

Fellow Cheese MakersSister Gertrude Read in 2017

Sister Gertrude Read in 2017

Sr. Gertrude lives at the Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado. Courtesy of The Fence Post Courtesy of Roadtrippers In April, 2014, we posted an article about her and her cheese (cl...

Fellow Cheese MakersRebecca Nininger in Hutchinson, Kansas

Rebecca Nininger in Hutchinson, Kansas

Rebecca Nininger makes the widest variety of homemade cheeses we have ever seen. Her cheeses are nothing short of spectacular! Yet, when I mentioned that to her, she laughed and said the pictures...

Cheese Making RecipePeter Corrigan's Unicorn Cheese

Peter Corrigan's Unicorn Cheese

When Peter Corrigan from Princeton, New Jersey sent us pictures of his “rainbow” cheese, we were surprised and delighted. We think it’s beautiful! He told us he made it with non-artificial natur...

Fellow Cheese MakersLittle White Goat Dairy in Orange, Massachusetts

Little White Goat Dairy in Orange, Massachusetts

When you listen to Rachel Scherer talk about her goats, you can tell she knows exactly what they like and don’t like, as if she can read their minds. She learned everything she knows from the que...

EquipmentCalculating Weights for the Dutch Style Press

Calculating Weights for the Dutch Style Press

As you may already know, we sell several different kinds of presses, including the Dutch Style Press (E30) (shown below) and the Off the Wall Press Plans (OWP). Both of them come with the weight ...

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