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.

Fellow Cheese MakersChris Harris in Springfield, Belize

Chris Harris in Springfield, Belize

Chris with a Wensleydale In 2013, I had the opportunity to spend 5 days in Belize at Ian Anderson’s Cave Branch Adventure Co. and Jungle Lodge. Ian was hosting a cheesemaking workshop taught by ...

Cheese Making RecipeZorana's Queso Llanero (Venezuelan Hard Cheese)

Zorana's Queso Llanero (Venezuelan Hard Cheese)

Zorana Marquez Zorana lives in Humble, Texas. We interviewed her a few weeks ago (click here) and in the interview she mentioned a type of Venezuelan cheese she makes. Several readers asked if ...

Fellow Cheese MakersCoreen Beaulieu in North Monmouth, Maine

Coreen Beaulieu in North Monmouth, Maine

Coreen with her daughter Moe! (University of Maine, Farmington Beaver Mascot – Chompers). I live with my husband Bill in North Monmouth. Bill is a retired firefighter and I work as a frontline su...

Fellow Cheese MakersFred Schenkelberg in Los Gatos, California

Fred Schenkelberg in Los Gatos, California

Fred on Dec 16th holding an Emmental that is done with warm aging and heading into the cave to mature. The large yellow wheel is the Formaggio Val’Campella which is ready for dry salting and also ...

Fellow Cheese MakersSherrie David in Goldfinch, Texas

Sherrie David in Goldfinch, Texas

Sherrie and her husband, Forrest Sherrie lives “Deep in the Heart of Texas” in a town so small, there is literally no information about it online (not even a Wikipedia blurb). If you’ve ever won...

Fellow Cheese MakersMichelle Becker in Toledo, Oregon

Michelle Becker in Toledo, Oregon

Michelle Becker How we came to interview Michelle … The Cheese Queen is known in kingdoms near and far. (The Queen is also known as Ricki Carroll, the founder of our business, New England Cheese...

Fellow Cheese MakersJonathan Butlin in Northampton, England

Jonathan Butlin in Northampton, England

Jonathan Butlin We have actually found a cheese maker who used to play in a heavy metal band. We think that is very cool. (If you don’t know exactly what heavy metal is, you are not alone. Man...

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500 Prizes Including Cheese: January 12-27. (click here) Recipe of the Month: Short video with an interesting way to make a broccoli & cheese omelet. (click here) Easy Recip...

Fellow Cheese MakersZorana Marquez in Humble, Texas

Zorana Marquez in Humble, Texas

Zorana Marquez in October, 2020. Photo by: Marco Chacon @mcfotologist Zorana’s Story I am in my early 40s. I was born in New Orleans, LA but I was raised in Valencia, Venezuela. I have been livi...

Fellow Cheese MakersCamille & John Bock in Willis, Texas

Camille & John Bock in Willis, Texas

Camille & John Bock Goodgrass Farm We get a lot of questions about where folks can find good milk for making cheese in Texas. We know it’s a big state, but here’s a farm, just north of Houst...

Fellow Cheese MakersMaking Cheese (and More) in Azerbaijan

Making Cheese (and More) in Azerbaijan

We have seen a lot of videos about making cheese in the last 12 years since we started this blog. But, we have never been as captivated as we are with the Country Life Vlog (Kənd Həyatı) on YouTu...

Fellow Cheese MakersMatthew McMahon in Monterey, MA

Matthew McMahon in Monterey, MA

It’s amazing how much warmth a person can portray with their eyes only! I loved this interview! Matthew McMahon is a “force of nature” with unlimited energy and big plans for the future. He see...

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Wallace & Gromit Wooden Postcard: Holiday gift from out of this world. (click here) DIY Cheesy Gift Basket: Make it with your homemade cheese. (click here) Cream Cheese Shortage: Don’t t...

Fellow Cheese MakersCindy Johnson in Seguin, Texas

Cindy Johnson in Seguin, Texas

Cindy at her #3 daughter’s graduation from the University of Texas at San Antonio (with a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering). Her husband is on her right. This was in May. We started this...

Fellow Cheese MakersHaleem Moussa's Shanklish Cheese

Haleem Moussa's Shanklish Cheese

Haleem Moussa holding his farmer’s cheese with pepper, oregano and parsley on the left and his labni on the right. Haleem grew up in a small farm in northern Lebanon. As a child, he used to watc...

Fellow Cheese MakersAline LaForge in Applegate, Oregon

Aline LaForge in Applegate, Oregon

Aline and her husband, Ned Tompkins have a small farm outside the tiny town of Applegate, Oregon (population 1,116). Along with their goats (7 does, a buck and a wether) they have a McNab pup and...

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World’s Best! This soft goat cheese from Spain won the World Cheese Award. (click here) Finally India! This cheese from India won second place at the World Cheese Awards. (click here) Eating...

Recipes with CheeseA Cheese Lover's Thanksgiving

A Cheese Lover's Thanksgiving

Murray’s Thanksgiving cheese board We love the traditional Thanksgiving meal as much as anyone, but this year, we feel like shaking it up a bit. Maybe it has to do with the way our lives have be...

Cheese Making RecipeValencay-Style Cheese by Marybeth Bullington

Valencay-Style Cheese by Marybeth Bullington

We interviewed Marybeth Bullington of Elfin Acres in Creswell, Oregon recently (click here). Marybeth gets a LOT of fresh, raw milk from her 50 +/- Nigerian Dwarf goats. Valencay is her favorite...

Cheese Making RecipeMaking Pecorino Toscano and Variations by Yoel Blumberger

Making Pecorino Toscano and Variations by Yoel Blumberger

Yoel stirring curds One fun aspect of a blog that like this is that we hear from people all over the world (like Yoel Blumberger in Tel Aviv, Israel, interviewed in 2019 – click here). Since the...

Fellow Cheese MakersMarybeth Bullington in Creswell, Oregon

Marybeth Bullington in Creswell, Oregon

Marybeth with her aged dill Caerphilly Marybeth contacted us recently to suggest that we interview a friend of hers who is a great cheese maker. We could see from the link she gave us that the o...

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A Brie(f) History of Cheese In 5 minutes, Paul Kinstedt (author of Cheese and Culture) summarizes the entire history of cheese around the entire world. It’s simple and fun but we still still lea...

EventsKate's Mobile Cheesemaking Classes Hit the Road

Kate's Mobile Cheesemaking Classes Hit the Road

Kate Johnson showing the curd to participants at her on-site Apple Valley Cider workshop. Kate Johnson, founder and owner of The Art of Cheese in Longmont, Colorado is always up to something! We...

FunThe Cheese Show

The Cheese Show

This is a bit of a departure from our usual interviews, because Olivia Vessel and Joe Russell are most definitely insane(!) and they don’t actually make cheese. They are cute, though. Maybe we’r...

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