Paul Schiebold in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Holding one of my mini-Crottins. (It got a little blue into it.) I am a retired environmental engineer who recently moved to Colorado Springs, CO. I make cheese at least once a week. Parmesan ...
Tasha Greer in Lowgap, North Carolina
Tasha Greer Tasha has a popular website (Simplestead.com) where she chronicles her life as a homesteader in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with Virginia. Photo by Tim Miles She and her ...
Rebecca Noble in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rebecca Noble with with some recent makes: From center-left: Valencay, Camembert, Monk’s Cheese, Havarti w/dill, Buttermilk Blue, Blue by You, Stilton, Leiden, Wensleydale w/sage, Gouda, Shropsh...
Cheese Masks: Cute handmade masks on Etsy. (click here) Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes: Question asked by 13 year old with a good explanation for all ages. (click here) It’s Official: From now ...
Sr. Mary Catharine Perry in Summit, New Jersey
Sr. Mary Catherine with her Asiago, drying on the cheese mat Sr. Mary Catharine was 22 when she became a nun at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary. That will be 30 years ago this January. ...
We try to give you informative articles in this blog but sometimes we just have to share our silly ideas! We thought of this activity for the holidays but realized it would be a good hostess gift...
Charles Delcambre, MD in Fancy Gap, Virginia
Charles Delcambre with a Jarlsberg in his right hand, and a Gouda #2 in his left. Charles’s Story I am a retired physician after 25 years in medicine. Prior to that, I was a chemical engineer. Ma...
How to Make a Peg Mill by Yoel Blumberger
Yoel Blumberger with a 7 pound Castelmagno cheese he made and the peg mill he used when he made it. We first met Yoel in 2019, when he sent us his directions for making a cheese drying box (Yoel’...
Ed Werner in Racine, Wisconsin
Ed with his first cheese – Swiss I started making cheese 3 months ago here in Racine after watching a video on how to make mozzarella! I said “I can do that” and proceeded to fail as I watched a...
Extra Cheese Please: The new Guinness World Record is: 254 kinds of cheese on one pizza! (click here) 21 Cheese Gift Baskets: Inspiration for making your own, homemade versions. (click here) G...
Cindy Johnston in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Cindy Johnston This interview supports our theory that cheese makers are the most interesting people in the world. They just are. Cindy Johnston is accomplishing more in her retirement than many...
Kate Johnson's Online Cheese Making Classes
We aren’t sure exactly how she managed to do it, but, when the pandemic hit, Kate Johnson pivoted from her “brick & mortar” school (The Art of Cheese) to a complete online catalog of cheese ma...
Elizabeth McReynolds in Chino Hills, California
Elizabeth McReynolds Elizabeth’s Story I’m in Southern California. Both my husband and I were born and raised here, but his family is originally from Arkansas. His parents moved back some years...
David LaGarce in Houston, Texas
David LaGarce wearing a shirt he bought for the 4th of July. Recently, David sent us pictures of his cheese making equipment, including a re-circulation style heater system. We know from experie...
Gilded Fern Farm in Contoocook, New Hampshire
Deb Allen and her daughter, Caroline It’s exciting for us to have found a fabulous cheese maker before she has become widely known. We predict that someday soon you will hear about Deb Allen’s G...
Tooting Our Own Horn: It seems to us that a LOT of you are making cheese during the pandemic and that makes our book the best gift ever for kids! (click here) Professional Cheese Monger: Ever...
Bonnie Hastings in Olalla, Washington
Bonnie Hastings It’s rare that we interview a young person who has achieved Bonnie’s level of expertise in home cheese making. We’ll have to check back with her in a few years to see where she g...
Barbara Fiorica in Wilton, California
Barbara with Grace who lived for 17 years. Barbara and her husband have been raising and judging Cashmere and Angora goats for over 15 years (Caprette Cashmere). They also have a few Nubians, wh...
Where to Buy Water Buffalo Milk in the U.S.
There’s just something so loveable about domesticated water buffalos, including the proper name – Bubalus bubalis. They’re “gentle giants,” weighing in at up to 2650 pounds and living for an aver...
Brigitte Ruthman in Sandisfield, MA
Brigitte Ruthman, dairy farmer and investigative reporter It’s rare that I get to interview a cheesemaker in person, particularly during this pandemic. But, it was a beautiful drive to the Berks...
Carine is our hero! (click here) Adapting to the Pandemic: Noah’s Cheese in South Africa has totally changed their process for making cheese. (click here) Aging Ritual: In a remote village in...
Paula Barnett in Princeton, Texas
We first contacted Paula when she made a comment at our Pimento Cheese post. In it, she shared her Texas family version from the 30s-50s.* She explained that she had just started making cheese 4...
Jonathan Groner in Bexley, Ohio
Dr. Jon Groner The most interesting people in the world are home cheese makers. Because we know this and because people rarely tell us just how interesting they really are, we usually Google the...
Doug Hively in Tucson, Arizona: Making Yogurt
Doug Hively We were delighted when Doug wrote to us about his yogurt experiences (and triumphs). We knew you would want to hear about his process for making it and the lessons he has learned. We...
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