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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.

Cheese Making RecipeA Canadian Foodie's Cabecou

A Canadian Foodie's Cabecou

Don’t you just love her? This is Valerie (A Canadian Foodie) who makes her living writing about food and educating folks about it. Until last year (and for the last 30 years) she taught in public...

Fellow Cheese MakersAn Opera Singer Makes Ricotta

An Opera Singer Makes Ricotta

And then sings our praises! Caroline Chirichella of New York City doesn’t exactly match our typical customer profile (not that any of you are typical – you make your own cheese!). But, we probabl...

EventsLearn to Make Cheese at a Resort in Belize!

Learn to Make Cheese at a Resort in Belize!

This is absolutely the resort of our dreams! Here in the office of New England Cheesemaking Supply, poised on the edge of winter, we are already planning our escape to the Caves Branch Jungle Lodg...

GoatsMaureen Herrera on Curing Listeriosis

Maureen Herrera on Curing Listeriosis

Update on Maureen’s daughter, Mia Mia Herrera of LaBelle, Florida is now 13, but she was only 11 when we first interviewed her – New Cheese Maker #9 – Mia Herrera. We have followed her progress ...

FunJen's Wedding Part 2

Jen's Wedding Part 2

A few more photos … In case you missed it, this is the sequel to Pictures of Ricki’s Daughter’s Wedding. These are all photos taken by Eric Limon, an amazing photographer – www.maweddingphotograp...

Fellow Cheese MakersMeadowWild Farm in Barnum, Minnesota

MeadowWild Farm in Barnum, Minnesota

Barb and Steve Adams of MeadowWild Farm Raising goats in their “retirement” I began communicating via e-mail with Barb Adams when she wrote to us with a question about making Halloumi....

Fellow Cheese MakersRebecca Siegel in Thetford, Vermont

Rebecca Siegel in Thetford, Vermont

Rebecca Siegel of Thetford, Vermont Another remarkable home cheese maker who has made it all and then some … Even after all the posts I have done about home cheese makers, I’m still amaz...

FunPictures of Ricki's Daughter's Wedding

Pictures of Ricki's Daughter's Wedding

September 1st was a gorgeous day for Ricki’s oldest daughter, Jennifer to marry her handsome beau, Jason Novak in an outdoor wedding. There were 150 guests of all ages and one dog, Hadley, who bel...

Fellow Cheese MakersLatte Da Dairy in Flower Mound, Texas

Latte Da Dairy in Flower Mound, Texas

She loves her “girls!” I met Anne Jones of Latte Da Dairy a few weeks ago at the American Cheese Society‘s Annual Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. She purchased a set of our Kosikowski bo...

Cheese Making Recipe30 Minute Mozzarella with Kevin Lee Jacobs

30 Minute Mozzarella with Kevin Lee Jacobs

“A Garden for the House” and a Mozzarella for the fridge … We currently have 8 articles on this blog about making 30 Minute Mozzarella. This is the 9th and I will keep on posting them until you (...

Cheese Making RecipeString Cheese with Mara Welton

String Cheese with Mara Welton

Mara Welton It couldn’t be any easier! Are you tired of spending a small fortune on those little tubes of string cheese? Why do it? You and/or your children will much prefer the taste ...

Cheese Making RecipeStephanie Manley's Cream Cheese

Stephanie Manley's Cream Cheese

Stephanie Manley knows how to copy restaurant food and she’s been doing it since 1995! If our math is right- that’s 17 years! She has a website loaded with recipes she has adapted for home use ...

EventsJim's Workshop #2 with Simona Carini

Jim's Workshop #2 with Simona Carini

She’s still learning “after all these years.” You know a cheese maker is serious when she flies from her home in northern California to our neck of the woods, Massachusetts, twice to attend one...

EventsPictures from the "Cheese Rally in Raleigh"

Pictures from the "Cheese Rally in Raleigh"

The American Cheese Society has pulled off another great conference. It really is amazing the way the ACS produces this 4 day event every year, filled with seminars, workshops, meetings, ceremon...

Cheese Making RecipeStephanie Soleil's Urban Cheddar

Stephanie Soleil's Urban Cheddar

Stephanie Soleil in Africa Home is San Francisco but this girl gets around! Stephanie Soleil took a trip around the world with her partner, Justin Watt in 2010. She has posted loads of ...

EquipmentMaking a Home Cheese Vat

Making a Home Cheese Vat

The wire on the right is the probe which goes to the thermostat (next picture). Clyde Poser in Buckley, Washington earned his “do-it-yourselfer” honors by making his own temperature controlled ch...

Fellow Cheese MakersWWOOFing* on a Sheep Cheese Farm in Italy

WWOOFing* on a Sheep Cheese Farm in Italy

Jema Patterson (The lamb is wearing a sweater vest made of wool to protect it from the chilly springtime.) * What is a WWOOF?! WWOOF stands for Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, ...

FunLove is in the air again!

Love is in the air again!

Wedding #3 Coming Up Soon! Ricki and Jamie It’s been a busy couple of years at the Cheese Queen’s Palace! In 2009, Ricki’s youngest daughter, Sarah married her sweetheart, Mark in a beaut...

Cheese Making RecipeFrench Style Feta with Gayle Starbuck

French Style Feta with Gayle Starbuck

Gayle Starbuck Portland, Oregon has all the luck! At least it has Gayle Starbuck and that’s a lot. Gayle makes cheese, teaches cheese making classes and sells cheese making supplies to lu...

Fellow Cheese MakersCountry Critters in Winchester, New Hampshire

Country Critters in Winchester, New Hampshire

Making cow’s and goat’s milk cheese in southern New Hampshire Son, Jared, Mike and Julie Thibodeau (This photo comes from their Facebook page because Julie was the only one home when we came...

Cheese Making RecipeSwiss with Terrie Travers

Swiss with Terrie Travers

Granny T. with Charlotte Creating a good life in Butler, TennesseeWe first posted an article called Fromage Blanc with Terrie Travers two years ago when she was a fairly new cheese maker....

Cheese Making RecipeColby with Nancy Wolff

Colby with Nancy Wolff

Nancy Wolff Is it really that easy?! Some folks just seem to be born to make cheese and Nancy Wolff is one of them. The post below is her first “attempt” at making a hard cheese. She ...

EventsStrolling of the Heifers in Brattleboro, Vermont

Strolling of the Heifers in Brattleboro, Vermont

During the parade, this evil cow kicked his ball right at me! This is huge!!! Ever since I started doing this blog, I have wanted to cover the famous Strolling of the Heifers weekend in...

Fellow Cheese MakersPasteurized Sheep's Milk Available in Colorado

Pasteurized Sheep's Milk Available in Colorado

Caille Gash and Marc Pfister Note: This article was written in 2012, but Cozy Cow Dairy is no longer open. For the story about that – https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/business/wind...

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