Fun Along The Whey

Gouda Goat Cheese Recipe from Marblemount Homestead

Only Two Hours Northeast of Seattle … If you’re lucky enough to live in the Northwest, you have a great opportunity to take all kinds of back-to-basics classes, including cheese making at Marblemo...

Louise Dutton - A Year in the Life

Louise and her husband, Chris at her aunt’s house for a “Night of 7 Fishes” celebration, January, 2013 It’s “Weezie Cheesey” Time Louise Dutton of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a master h...

Chef Nancy Falster in East Texas

Chef Nancy and Karl Falster getting ready to “fire up” their earth oven Raising mini-cattle, making cheese and teaching a workshop in Uruguay – this is one busy lady! Chef Nancy Falster an...

Real Milk Needs Support

My kefir made with unpasteurized goat’s milk WARNING – This is a political post. I don’t do many of them, but occasionally I like to exercise my right to free speech. (Out of 347 posts, ...

The Fabulous Queso Diego Cheese Club

Larry Stein (Treasurer) speaking at the third meeting These folks have really got it together! And they did it all in just 2 years! Ricki (our Cheese Queen) received this note rece...

How to Use Ripening Boxes with Ian Treuer

Ian cleaning the rind of an “El Torro” (Chipotle rubbed Montasio) at Smoky Valley Artisan Cheese Ian Treuer from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) has so many irons in the cheese fire that it’s h...

Philippines - Part 3: Making "Velveeta"

Flood in August, 2012 in Iloilo City, Philippines This is the third in a series based on letters from Richel Parreno, a biologist who is staying with her in-laws in Iloilo, Philippines (Pa...

Asiago Pepato by "The Weekend Artisan"

Doug Lumley An Italian cheese made by a Brit for our U.S. blog! Doug Lumley and his wife, Jan have started a new website for “do it yourselfers” with cheese making as it’s predominant focu...

Paneer with Lauren Rea

Lauren Rea This Lawfully Wedded Wife Knows the Way to Her Husband’s Heart! Lauren Rea’s website is just the kind of food related site I love to find – simple recipes, mouth-watering pictur...

U.S. Championship Cheese Contest

Kris Searle and her husband, Mike Bradley visiting Door County, Wisconsin There’s a lot of spitting going on at this judging! Kris Searle is a quilter with a great blog – In the Emerald...

David Dawson in Manitoba, Canada

With his Cheddars – 3½ and 1 pound He’s the definition of a “do-it-yourselfer!” You could say that everyone who makes cheese is a “do-it-yourselfer” and you would certainly be correct. B...

Teaching a Workshop in Pakistan with Imran Saleh

Imran Saleh This is exciting! Recently, I posted an article about Imran Saleh (click here), who is making his own cheese at his home in Lahore, Pakistan. This is very unusual for his neck...

Philippines - Part 2: Simple Recipes using Goat's Milk

This is the second of two articles about Joan Parreno, an American woman living in the Iliono province of the Philippines with her inlaws. Their home was flooded and Joan is trying to help them us...

Philippines - Part 1: Making Rennet

Recently, we were happy to receive pictures and lots of information about making cheese in the province of Iloilo, Philippines from a courageous woman who is trying to help her inlaws make bett...

Washed Rind Cheese with Andy Mahoney

Article about Andy in The Grocer, September 2012 From Handyface – experimental home cheese making We have surmised from his website that Andy Mahoney of Dulwich, South East London makes ...

Lucinda McGinty of Jefferson County, NY

She never took a class, but she sure knows what she’s doing! Lucinda contacted us originally to show us a few of her pictures and to ask a question about her Jarlsberg. We forwarded her questio...

Erik Diemer (15) - He's already teaching!

Making cheese is one of his MANY accomplishments! Erik Diemer A couple of months ago, we received this note: Hi, My name is Erik, I am 15. My mom owns Kitchen Chemistry in Stroudsburg Pen...

Bandage Wrapping with Rashel Harris

She demonstrates this traditional method in both pictures and a video This is our first blog article about bandage wrapping cheese, but it’s not our first article about Rashel. In fact, she was ou...

Making Cheese in Pakistan

Sheikh Imran Saleh Recently we received a few comments and pictures on our Facebook page from a Pakistani cheese maker in Lahore. I thought that was interesting, so I asked him if he would be will...

Cheese Making Adventure in Belize - Part 4 of 4

This is the fourth in a 4 part series about a cheese making workshop at Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge in Belize, taught by Linda and Larry Faillace of Three Shephe...

Cheese Making Adventure - Part 3 of 4

This is the third in a 4 part series about a cheese making workshop at Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge in Belize, taught by Linda and Larry Faillace of Three Shepher...

Cheese Making Adventure in Belize - Part 2 of 4

This is the second in a 4 part series about a cheese making workshop at Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge in Belize, taught by Linda and Larry Faillace of Three Shephe...

Cheese Making Adventure in Belize- Part 1 of 4

I’m home now, but still wearing my apron! If you think making cheese is fun at home, try making it at a jungle lodge in Belize! I just got back from an exciting trip to Ian Anderson’s Cav...

PART 2 - The Cheese Queen's Story: The First 3 Years

What had they gotten themselves into?! That’s their Jersey, Nellie in the middle By the end of our first episode (Part 1 – The Cheese Queen’s Story), Ricki and Bob had pretty much made the...