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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.

Aging CheeseWhisky barrel with the lid

How to Make Special Containers for Aging Cheese

Yoel with his pottery container Creating Small Sub-Environments for Cheese Aging By Yoel Blumberger* 1. Introduction – Aging In the cheese making process, the aging stage is quite calm, compared ...

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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’...

Aging CheeseTemperature and humidity reading

Yoel Blumberger's Humidity Control System

Yoel Blumberger How to create and maintain the right humidity for your cheese while it’s aging… This is a very important subject for cheesemakers and we have tried to give you as much informatio...

EquipmentTwo cubes of cheese inside a drying box

Yoel's DIY Cheese Drying Box

Lingotto cheese in the drying box. Yoel Blumberger in Tel Aviv, Israel created this box for drying cheese and was kind enough to send us the directions. We will be interviewing Yoel for the June...

Cheese Making RecipePot of cheese mixture

100 Wheys to Make Yogurt in Your Instant Pot

There are as many ways to make yogurt as there are stars in the sky! We have 2 great recipes (beginner and intermediate) by Jim Wallace in our recipe section at cheesemaking.com. They cover makin...

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Donna Sprankle: Making Mozzarella in Her Instant Pot

Well, this is something new! We were intrigued when we got this note from Donna Sprankle in Ballston Spa, New York: Just wanted to send a thank you. Made my 1 st batch of mozzarella (using my in...

EquipmentMagic Wrap!

Magic Wrap!

Been to Italy lately? If you have been, you probably bought a piece of cheese to take back to your hotel. Odds are good that your cheese was carefully wrapped in the best possible wrap, used in 80...

EquipmentEric Olson's Amazing Make-Room Updated

Eric Olson's Amazing Make-Room Updated

This is a follow through to an article we posted a year ago – Eric Olson’s Amazing Home Set-Up. At that time, Eric Olson was using his skills in welding stainless steel to make and modify the equi...

EquipmentModifying Our "Off the Wall" Press Plans

Modifying Our "Off the Wall" Press Plans

Where else but at our company (New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.) can you buy a press for $4.95? Yes, it’s true that you have to make it yourself, but we’ve done the hard part for you! Our Off ...

EquipmentCalculating Weights for the Dutch Style Press

Calculating Weights for the Dutch Style Press

As you may already know, we sell several different kinds of presses, including the Dutch Style Press (E30) (shown below) and the Off the Wall Press Plans (OWP). Both of them come with the weight ...

Aging CheeseTatiana's Refrigerator "Cave"

Tatiana's Refrigerator "Cave"

In 2015, we interviewed Tatiana Thomas who lives in Yekaterinburg, Russia – (click here). Tatiana is now selling her Camembert and she is in the process of organizing a “Mold Cheese Festival” whi...

Aging CheeseHow to Make an Inexpensive Cheese Cave

How to Make an Inexpensive Cheese Cave

Bob Albers My Cheese Cave By Bob Albers* Cheese caves are wonderful things. Especially when you consider the wonderful things they contain and the wonderful things we get out of them. If you live...

Aging CheeseUsing a Coolbot in Your Cheese Cave

Using a Coolbot in Your Cheese Cave

Have you given any thought to making a walk-in cheese cave? It’s easier than you might think … Many home cheese makers use refrigerators and wine coolers to age their cheese. These are great, bu...

EquipmentSteve Benner in Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Steve Benner in Doylestown, Pennsylvania

We first met Steve when he sent us a couple of pictures of his modified equipment with this note: What a great hobby! I just want to thank you for showing and supplying the best information and s...

EquipmentEric Olson's Amazing Home Set-Up

Eric Olson's Amazing Home Set-Up

Eric Olson’s father (Richard) was a cheese maker during a time in our country’s history when small cheese factories were closing. He was a hard-working, self-sufficient Wisconsin man who taught h...

EquipmentA Guide to DIY Cheese Boards

A Guide to DIY Cheese Boards

The obvious gift for cheese lovers is, you guessed it, cheese. But, this year, we thought you might want to really impress your friends and family by gifting your homemade cheese on a handmade che...

EquipmentBob's Homemade Curd Cutter - Part 2

Bob's Homemade Curd Cutter - Part 2

After Bob sent us his first post – Bob’s Homemade Horizontal Curd Cutter, he decided to make some improvements. Start with the first article and you will find that the two of them work nicely toget...

EquipmentTin Can Method for Smoking Cheese

Tin Can Method for Smoking Cheese

Claude Garneau’s smoker in a 28 oz tomato can In 2010, we did an article about smoking cheese (click here) which has directions for making a cold smoker. A lot has changed since we posted that a...

EquipmentBob's Homemade Horizontal Curd Cutter

Bob's Homemade Horizontal Curd Cutter

Bob Albers in Mandeville, Louisiana has been learning to make cheese since he retired from his career as an electronics engineer. (We interviewed him in August – click here.) He has shared his kn...

EquipmentMaking a Drying Box

Making a Drying Box

There is almost always a period of time when you dry out your cheese before aging it. The time varies and depends on the temperature and humidity – it might be from one day to a week. It’s an im...

EquipmentModifying Molds for Easier Handling

Modifying Molds for Easier Handling

Terrence Dinnan Terrence Dinnan, a cheese maker in Charlotte, Vermont, sent us this great idea in a review he wrote for our Bleu Cheese Mold (M111). He had purchased the mold to make brie. Why, ...

EquipmentSanitizing 10 Easy Ways for Cheese Making

Sanitizing 10 Easy Ways for Cheese Making

Your kitchen is unique, so your choice of how to sanitize your tools is your own. Some folks can get away with very little effort while others have to be very careful. It’s one of those things y...

Aging CheeseControlling Moisture in the "Cave"

Controlling Moisture in the "Cave"

Pedro and his Saanen, Rosie The issue is humidity. You can measure it with hygrometers but controlling it is another matter. There are many ways to do it and we have posted several articles abo...

EquipmentRebecca Brill in Maugansville, MD

Rebecca Brill in Maugansville, MD

Rebecca with her husband-Matthew, her son-Oliver and her daughter-Sinclair We first got to know Rebecca when she shared with us her method for making ricotta with a sous vide circulator (click he...

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