Our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest
How did making cheese change your life? Well, apparently it changed a lot of lives! We started this essay contest October 21st in our Moosletter and the deadline was December 1st. We asked folk...
Making "Dry" Mozzarella in Pakistan
Imran Saleh Imran Saleh is bringing a little bit of Italy to Lahore We have posted 2 articles about Imran since we first met him (via e-mail) last winter – one in February and one in March...
Elise Cohen, Story Teller and Cheese Maker
If you subscribe to our fabulous Moosletter, you know we are currently running an essay contest.* We have “met” the most interesting people through this contest and Elise Cohen of Rockville, Ma...
"Cooked" Cream Cheese with Patrice Lewis
Patrice Lewis Patrice Lewis, calls her popular blog- Rural Revolution – In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural north Idaho housewife. She describes herself as “a practical constituti...
Launching the Massachusetts Cheese Guild
Barbara Hanley, President of the Guild welcomed us warmly. We’re looking forward to getting to know her better. The word “guild” comes from medieval times when craftsmen and merchants fo...
Making a Horizontal Curd Cutter
Submitted by Jerry Pittman of Castle Rock, Washington Cheese makers really are the most interesting people in the world! They constantly come up with better ways of doing things and then share th...
Frank Masciulli's Marbled "Swissby" Cheese
Frank Masciulli Whatever Works! Frank Masciulli of Chelmsford, Massachusetts just started making his own cheese 5 or 6 months ago. He’s an engineer and he told us that he overheard a fe...
Gift Idea #4 - Goat Milk Cheddar
This is the fourth in a series of gift ideas for the upcoming holidays. There’s still plenty of time to make this cheese and give it to a lucky friend. We know SO many goat owners who haven’t fou...
Gift Idea #3 - Overnight Oatmeal with Greek-style Yogurt
One large jar with raspberries Here’s a hostess gift for when you don’t want to bring a bottle of wine, particularly when you’re visiting a family with young children. It’s called “Overn...
Connecticut Celebrates Artisan Cheese in a Big Whey!
Brian Civitello This past weekend, the Coventry Regional Farmer’s Market at the Nathan Hale Homestead hosted the fabulous Connecticut Cheese Festival. The farmer’s market alone is always...
Booklet that comes with our Greek Yogurt Maker With the right tools, everything is easy! If you have 1/2 gallon of milk, any one of our three different yogurt cultures, a Yogotherm and ...
Goat Education Day at North Valley Dairy Goat Association
Don’t miss this! We couldn’t be further from California (we’re in Massachusetts), so we have never been able to attend this annual event. However, if you live anywhere near Red Bluff (north of Sa...
Cheddar with Marci Blubaugh at Amazing Graze
Marci Blubaugh Mike and Marci Blubaugh have a farm in Martinsburg, Ohio called Amazing Graze. They sell grass fed beef and lamb, pastured broilers and turkeys, pork, eggs and some produce...
Gift Idea #2 - Fig Cake for a Cheese Basket
Photo by Buff Strickland at DIY Network Cheese baskets make a great gift and this is a perfect addition to it. It seems like every cheese counter in the world has fig cakes for sale. Th...
Gift Idea #1, Farmstead Cheese in a Glass Food Preserver
It’s time to start making those holiday gifts! In the home cheese making biz, you have to keep one eye on the future and one eye on the moment. And, in this particular moment, we’re approximat...
Fontina with The Weekend Artisan
Douglas Lumley I have done two posts in this past year about Douglas Lumley and his wife, Jan (one with their recipe for Asiago Pepato and another with their pictures of Tuscany). They ha...
John Davis and his "Uchinbrie"
John Davis is one of those amazing people who makes everything look easy- learning languages, playing musical instruments, making unique cheeses and teaching school. I asked him tell us a little b...
Cream Cheese from McCorrie Lane Kitchen
Jocelyn McHenry Arruda A different take on a very easy cheese Jocelyn McHenry Arruda of Portsmouth, Rhode Island is a mother who wants to eat healthy and simply. She shares her recipes at...
Photo from JVC’s Science Fair Projects What is soured milk? There are 3 kinds of milks which are commonly referred to as soured milk in recipes: 1.) In baking, soured milk is frequently...
September 7-8, 2013 Raw Milk Dairy Days in Massachusetts
This Weekend and It’s Free! I just checked my calendar and realized I hadn’t told you about this exciting yearly event, sponsored by NOFA- the Northeast Organic Farming Association. This year 9 f...
Update on Mukund Naidu in Bangalore, India
Mukund Naidu (photo by Sandesh Ravikumar) I did an article about Mukund 3 years ago in July, 2010. At that time, he was one of very few cheese makers in India and he still is. Cheese i...
The 2013 New England Regional Cheese Competition
For those of you who don’t know about The Big E (Eastern States Exposition), it is our annual, regional fair with all 6 of the New England states participating. It begins on the second Friday aft...
Something yummy to make with a gallon of goat’s milk … Every Tuesday morning, I pick up 1 1/2 gallons of goat’s milk from a neighbor’s farm. I use one gallon to make this cheesecake and 1/2 gallo...
Kefir Cheese with Amanda Feifer
I don’t always acknowledge this, but there are actually a lot of fermented foods in the world besides artisan cheeses! Kefir grains, for example, are loaded with highly beneficial probiotic bacter...
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