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Fellow Cheese MakersKristy Foster in Yorba Linda, California

Kristy Foster in Yorba Linda, California

Kristy Foster and ? If you live near Yorba Linda, CA (35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles), you might notice dust being kicked up just over the horizon. That would be Kristy Foster, a ver...

Fellow Cheese MakersLeon Graafland in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leon Graafland in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leon Graafland in the tulip fields, 20 miles outside Gouda. I grew up in the Netherlands; just outside Gouda in a small old village surrounded by dairy farms, rivers and dikes. Gouda is the chees...

IngredientsWhich Rennet is For You?

Which Rennet is For You?

Submitted by Kate Johnson and Kelly Liebrock of The Art of Cheese in Longmont, CO February 21, 2023 Rennet is an important ingredient in cheesemaking and is the main coagulant used for most cheese...

EventsPictures from the Winter Fancy Food Show, 2023

Pictures from the Winter Fancy Food Show, 2023

Colleagues Ritz Guggiana (RG Consultants) and David Viviani (www.vivianimarketing.com) Ten years ago, I went to the Summer Fancy Foods Show in New York City. It was an incredible experience. I ...

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Bloomy Blue: New Cambozola video from Mary Anne Farah. (click here) Participate in a Sleep Study: Get paid $1000 to eat cheese every night before bed(!) (click here) Goat Milk Ice Cream: We ...

Fellow Cheese MakersRita den Otter in Duncan, BC, Canada

Rita den Otter in Duncan, BC, Canada

Rita with her old Springer, Farley (14 1/2) and her pup, Abby (4 months) on a camping trip to Quadra Island off the east coast of Vancouver Island last June. I live in the beautiful Cowichan Vall...

Fellow Cheese MakersAndres Schneiter in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Andres Schneiter in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Andres Schneiter with his Raclette If you’re on our mailing list at cheesemaking.com, you’re familiar with the Monday Morning Moos which links to our blog articles. Recently, Andres Schneiter no...

Fellow Cheese MakersCelso David Viviani in San Francisco, California

Celso David Viviani in San Francisco, California

David Viviani at a reception for President Sergio Mattarella of Italy, at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel. He was honored to shake the hand of the President. As always, it’s an honor to interview...

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Fun Video! Do not visit London without watching this first. (click here) Butter Candles: Melting over bread! (click here) Storing Cheese Properly: Everything you need to know (really!). (clic...

Fellow Cheese MakersKylie Carnegie in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kylie Carnegie in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kylie with Rémy, her 18 month old Schipperke. Kylie is just starting her cheesemaking adventure, thanks to the gift of a workshop she attended last summer. Her story reminds us that workshops ma...

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Where Did Cheese Really Come From? Light and fun – the perfect video for high school students (and those of us who generally function at a high school level:). (click here) Goat Cheese & Ch...

Fellow Cheese MakersFat Sheep Farm in Hartland, Vermont

Fat Sheep Farm in Hartland, Vermont

Todd Heyman and Suzy Kaplan of Fat Sheep Farm When Suzy Kaplan & Todd Heyman decided to get married, 6 & 1/2 years ago, they made a plan for their lives together: Buy a farm on top of a...

Cheese Making RecipeMarybeth Bullington's Orange-Walnut Holiday Cheese

Marybeth Bullington's Orange-Walnut Holiday Cheese

Marybeth’s fabulous holiday cheese. Good news! It’s not too late to make cheese for the holiday season. Caerphilly is one that needs only 3 weeks to ripen and it just gets better and sharper af...

FunGift Ideas for Cheesemakers and Cheese Lovers

Gift Ideas for Cheesemakers and Cheese Lovers

Pin, $2, teepublic.com The giving season is coming up! It’s a little early but we think it’s a good idea to plan ahead because it seems like inventory is diminishing everywhere. We picked out a ...

EventsCheesemaking Classes in the U.S. (Current)

Cheesemaking Classes in the U.S. (Current)

Sarah Carroll at her Cheesemaking 101 workshop at New England Cheesemaking Supply Co. We first made this list in 2011 and updated it in 2016. A lot has changed since then and now, due mainly to ...

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Results are In: List of winners of 2022 American Cheese Society Competition. (click here) Making Burrata: This short video shows the technique. (click here) Grilled Cheese Tips: One is to spr...

Fellow Cheese MakersYoel Blumberger:  On the Role of Cheese in Israel

Yoel Blumberger: On the Role of Cheese in Israel

Yoel Blumberger making Camembert Yoel lives in Tel Aviv where he belongs to a group of cheesemakers who travel around the world, learning to make cheeses in the countries where they originated. I...

Fellow Cheese MakersGrant Fritch in Lansing (Okemos), Michigan

Grant Fritch in Lansing (Okemos), Michigan

Grant Fritch It’s always a surprise when we delve into a cheesemaker’s life and discover talent we could not have imagined. Grant has a LOT of achievements, even aside from his fabulous cheese, ...

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Potato and Cheese Pizza Video: Made on stovetop – no oven required. (click here) Two new videos showing cheese being made in the mountains of Ukraine: This woman lives alone in the Carpatians mo...

Fellow Cheese MakersYoel Blumberger: Camembert de Normandie AOP and the Flocculation Point Method

Yoel Blumberger: Camembert de Normandie AOP and the Flocculation Point Method

Picture by Yoel Blumberger. Sources: freeworldmaps and Dairy Products of France In this article, Yoel Blumberger (a home cheesemaker in Tel Aviv, Israel*) has given us a thorough description o...

Fellow Cheese MakersIvy Netzel in Gourley Township, Michigan

Ivy Netzel in Gourley Township, Michigan

Ivy Netzel, making kefir Ivy’s Story I live in a quiet little hamlet called Jam Dam (unincorporated Gourley Township) on the Cedar River in Menominee County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. M...

Fellow Cheese MakersYoel Blumberger: Cheesemaking Group in Israel and a Recipe for Castelmagno

Yoel Blumberger: Cheesemaking Group in Israel and a Recipe for Castelmagno

Part of the group (with Castelmagno cheese) in front of a dairy high in the Italian Alps. Yoel is the 4th in (from right to left). We first interviewed Yoel Blumberger of Tel Aviv, Israel in 2019...

Fellow Cheese MakersHilda Elena Thielen in Marietta, Georgia

Hilda Elena Thielen in Marietta, Georgia

Hilda Elena Thielen Hilda loves to cook with natural/minimal ingredients so cheesemaking is a perfect fit. She has 3 adorable girls under the age of 6 and she is teaching them how to make the ch...

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Cumin cheese July is cheesy video month! We couldn’t help but notice that there have been a lot of great videos posted on YouTube this past month. Perfect entertainment for a mid-summer break! H...

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