We recently had a request for a panela recipe which we posted in the May issue of our Moosletter. One of our readers, Mona Anderson from San Jose, California sent us a translation of a YouTube vi...
Mushrooms Stuffed with Fromage Blanc and Leeks
When you make fromage blanc, the yield can be daunting. Suddenly you have a LOT of fromage blanc. Here’s a very easy, yummy way to use it … This recipe seems to be all over the Web, but it appea...
Chocolate Ricotta Mousse by Kate Johnson
When we first posted this recipe in May, 2014, Kate Johnson of Briar Gate Farm in Boulder, Colorado had just opened her school of cheese making, The Art of Cheese. Even though she was super busy ...
Shawn Saindon in Portland, Maine
Shawn Saindon Shawn Saindon is one of those people who manages to accomplish more with his life than seems possible. He works a full time job, goes to college, apprentices at a cheese com...
Quillisascut Farmstead Cheese and School of the Domestic Arts
That’s a long name for a farm! (Quillisascut means “place of scattered bushes” in Salish (Indian).) The owners, Rick and Lora Lea Misterly have earned this long name and their fame by surviving o...
Entering the ACS Competition 2014
Ricki with her Lifetime Achievement Award at our Sponsor’s Table in the lobby of the 2013 ACS Conference in Madison, Wisconsin We Challenge You! If you’re already a member of the American ...
PART 3 - The Cheese Queen's Story: The Early 1980's
Phenomenal Growth! This is the third in a comprehensive series about the history of New England Cheesemaking Supply Company. We hope you will enjoy reading about our challenges and our triumphs. ...
Patrick Drennen in Arlington, Virginia
Patrick in Atlanta, inspecting cheese for it’s proteolysis breakdown. When one door closes, another opens… Patrick Drennen wrote a note to us recently and I asked him if I could share it...
Sister Gertrude Read in Virginia Dale, Colorado
Sister Gertrude with Ginny Sister Gertrude Read from the Abbey of St. Walburga was one of the entrants in our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest. We were very excited to learn about her life as a n...
Madi Shaw in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Madi and Lilly Madi Shaw is truly amazing. She’s a homeschooling student in the seventh grade, but she has already accomplished as much, if not more than most adults. She makes cheese, of ...
Haydee Chavis in Livermore, Colorado
Haydee and Gordon’s ranch Is it just me, or does this look like paradise to you? Haydee Chavis and her husband Gordon live on this gorgeous ranch with 17 goats* and a young Clysedale name...
Chocolate Cheese by Kim Odland
Kim Odland We love to receive recipes from cheese makers. We can’t test them all, but we can share them with you. (Be sure to leave a comment if you make this one.) Our technical advisor...
Susan O'Dwyer in Harrisville, New Hampshire
Susan is hooking the rug at right, which she designed. Susan O’Dwyer and her husband, Barry have a small farm in southern New Hampshire with a cow, a heifer and 50 chickens. Susan has bee...
Leila Hobbs (9) - Science Fair Winner!
Leila Hobbs Recently, Micaela Hobbs wrote to us about her daughter’s project in her school’s science fair. Leila is 9 and in the fourth grade at Colham Ferry Elementary School in Watkinsv...
Tommy Reddicks in Indianapolis, Indiana
Tommy Reddicks washing up after moving a Manchego from mold to brine You know the saying, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well?” Some people just seem to do everything well. When I r...
Jim Price in Stevenson, Washington
Jim Price with his wine cooler “cave.” I first met Jim via e-mail when he entered our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest last fall. I read his story (below) and I wanted to learn more about him and h...
Ricki's Demo for High School Students
We have recently expanded our mission at New England Cheesemaking Supply Co: To inspire young people to learn the art of cheese making. It is, after all, an important “back to basics” skill and it...
Steve Murtaugh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Steve Murtaugh with his main Maoi – an Eastern Island Tiki Steve Murtaugh is a master home cheese maker. He sells his cheese at Farmer’s Markets in the Pittsburgh area. This coming sum...
Werner Troeder in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Werner Troeder It’s always interesting when folks move from one country to another with a totally different culture. They find themselves missing certain aspects of the life they left b...
Glass House Blue Cheese by Andy Cumberland
Glass House Blue at 4 weeks Andy Cumberland has so many fingers in the “back to basics” pie that we can’t keep track of them all- aquaponics, composting, sausage making, bread baking and c...
Controlling Humidity in Your Cheese "Cave"
Steve (Bear) Murtaugh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A couple of months ago, I mentioned in an e-mail to Steve Murtaugh that I think controlling humidity is the biggest challenge for home chees...
Kiara Sabiston (11) in Spencerville, Ontario, Canada
Our first Junior Spotlight! Kiara Sabiston was the youngest entrant in our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest. We were very surprised that an eleven year old could be as mature (and talented) as she ...
Rachel Chamberlain in Turlock, California
Rachel Chamberlain with her 6.5 lb gouda We’re fortunate that we have the opportunity to talk with many of you when you call to place your orders. After Rachel Chamberlain called, she fol...
Taylor Luttrell-Williams (14) in Terlingua, Texas
Winner of Our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest Taylor’s winning essay may be found in our December Moosletter. We seem to have picked a very interesting young man to be our contest winner. See if...
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