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.

Cheese Making RecipeManchego with Dannon Nicholes

Manchego with Dannon Nicholes

Dannon Nicholes stretching 30 Minute Mozzarella No, that isn’t Dannon stretching Manchego, but it sure is a cute picture, don’t you think? Dannon Nicholes started making cheese less than...

Cheese Making RecipeFeta with Tammy Kimbler

Feta with Tammy Kimbler

Tammy Kimbler One Tomato, Two Tomato Equals One Great Blog! Tammy Kimbler works as an executive producer at a film studio, by day and, by night, she’s an indomitable food blogger. She gre...

Cheese Making RecipeMilk Burfi (Barfi) from India

Milk Burfi (Barfi) from India

Maria Dsouza Whether it’s called Burfi or Barfi – it’s a sweet treat! Maria Dsouza hails from Mumbai so she named her fabulous food website – Flavors of Mumbai. She presents recipes from ...

Cheese Making RecipeGouda with Tara Tarbet

Gouda with Tara Tarbet

Making cheese is a good skill to have when you live on a farm in Highland, Utah We first “met” Tara, when she wrote to us with a tip for other cheese makers which I posted in the September, 2010 M...

Cheese Making RecipeCaerphilly with Enola G.

Caerphilly with Enola G.

Enola G. Making cheese is a survival skill to this family. There is really no excuse for any of us to say that we “don’t understand” why some folks believe this or that or live this or tha...

Cheese Making RecipeGreek-Style Yogurt with Kevin Lee Jacobs

Greek-Style Yogurt with Kevin Lee Jacobs

We’re big fans of this master gardener! Why? Well, to put it simply – he’s just someone you want to know – you know? He’s a cutie pie! Kevin’s officially a gardener by trade, but he delves into a...

Cheese Making RecipeSulguni - A Stretched Curd Cheese

Sulguni - A Stretched Curd Cheese

Similar to Mozzarella, it is very popular in the Republic of Georgia We are very excited that Maria Schumann of Cate Hill Orchard in Vermont sent us this recipe. Maria traveled to Georgia in the ...

Cheese Making RecipeRicotta Salata with Shannon Olson

Ricotta Salata with Shannon Olson

It’s “comfort food” in the long, cold North Dakota winter. We interviewed Shannon last May and posted her recipe for dry buttermilk cheese. At that time, she had 3 websites: North Dakota Kitchen ...

Cheese Making Recipe30 Minute Mozzarella with Carly & Jean

30 Minute Mozzarella with Carly & Jean

Making Sense out of Making Mozzarella … Carly and Jean describe their blog, Making Sense of Things as, “A thought-provoking blog about how to live a meaningful life.” They are certainly authoritie...

Cheese Making RecipeMichael Bronk's "Folly"

Michael Bronk's "Folly"

He makes his own cheese his own way and it’s good! We love to see folks take the basic principles of cheese making and improvise their our recipes. Why not? If a recipe they have come up with work...

Cheese Making RecipeParmesan with Gavin Webber

Parmesan with Gavin Webber

Great articles and videos make his website a cheese maker’s dream. Maybe I favor Gavin’s work a little too much – I’ve already featured his Wensleydale and Caerphilly in previous articles. But, th...

Cheese Making RecipeWhole Milk Ricotta with Tien

Whole Milk Ricotta with Tien

Tien Douglas, from Savoy, Illinois has a cooking blog (Cooking With Tien) with all kinds of recipes, including some Vietnamese dishes she learned from her mother. Tien is also an active participan...

Cheese Making RecipeQueso Blanco with The Cheesy Geek

Queso Blanco with The Cheesy Geek

That’s George on the right, stretching his Mozzarella. Even Geeks Make Cheese! George FitzGerald explains on his blog, The Cheesy Geek that a geek is a nerd with personality. (Of course, ...

Cheese Making RecipeMaking Parmesan with Dannon Nicholes

Making Parmesan with Dannon Nicholes

Dannon holding his latest Parmesan He’s jumping right into the “hard” stuff! Ricki’s daughter, Sarah, always has her eye out for new cheese bloggers and she recently found Dannon Nicholes ...

Cheese Making RecipeSuper Easy Basket  Cheese for Children

Super Easy Basket Cheese for Children

Any kind of cheese looks good when it’s made in a basket! This is not the real thing! But, it’s great for demonstrating the cheese making process to children. You can use cow or goat’s milk, raw...

Cheese Making RecipeJoe Heyen and His Camembert

Joe Heyen and His Camembert

He retired, moved to Colorado and now he’s making his own cheese. It’s play time now for Joe Heyen. He earned it! Joe taught elementary school for 33 years in the western suburbs of Chicago. He ...

Cheese Making RecipeSoy "Cheese" with Louise Dutton

Soy "Cheese" with Louise Dutton

Louise M. Dutton This is the most inexpensive cheese alternative you will ever eat! Normally we keep our focus on dairy products (because that’s our area of expertise), but we get a lot of...

Cheese Making RecipeLactic Cheese With Suzanne McMinn

Lactic Cheese With Suzanne McMinn

Glory Bee wearing her stylish “calf weaner” An Easy, All-Purpose Soft Cheese This month, Suzanne is back in the cheese making saddle again. She’s getting serious about her cheese and Glor...

Cheese Making RecipeMaking Cultured Butter with Raw Milk

Making Cultured Butter with Raw Milk

A little culture never hurts! Sweet cream butter is yummy, but cultured butter has the addition of good bacteria. So, why not add it in? It’s very easy to culture your cream before making it into...

Cheese Making Recipe30 Minute Mozzarella With Nancy Charbonneau

30 Minute Mozzarella With Nancy Charbonneau

A Newcomer to Cheesemaking I recently received my first Mozzarella Kit – delivered straight to my door! I’m a newcomer to cheesemaking, and Jeri – this blog’s author and cheesemaker extraordinaire...

Cheese Making RecipeCamembert with The Mad Fermentationist

Camembert with The Mad Fermentationist

If it’s fermented- he makes it! If you make your own beer, chances are you’re aware of Mike Tosmeire, the Mad Fermentationist. He has loads of recipes on his website for making beer, hundreds of ...

Cheese Making RecipeGoat's Milk Cottage Cheese

Goat's Milk Cottage Cheese

Jeri Recipe from Mary Jane Toth’s Goats Produce Too! This is such a good little book! I think it’s the perfect way to start making goat’s milk cheese. Mary Jane Toth provides all the in...

Cheese Making RecipeSkyr with Jules and Ruby

Skyr with Jules and Ruby

Ruby Ruby just raves about it! If you haven’t been to Julesfood.blogspot.com yet, check it out! Since 2008, Jules and her partner, Ruby, have been making interesting food and taking absol...

Cheese Making Recipe30 Minute Mozzarella Again!

30 Minute Mozzarella Again!

It couldn’t be easier … We’ll be showing you how to make 30 Minute Mozzarella until the cows come home (forever)! It’s so easy and fun that we don’t think there’s any reason to stop. Sarah (Ricki...

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