Murray’s flagship store in Greenwich Village Murray’s Cheese is New York’s oldest cheese shop – it has been a Greenwich Village favorite for more than 75 years. For the first fifty years, ther...
Vacuum sealing the Cheddar with Paula, Pablo and Patti Cabascango. Greg in the background. Greg Perkins is from Chicago originally, but he has been living and working in Central and South America...
France with her bounty in August France Benoit lives in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, a town with 20,000 residents. As you can see from the map, it’s in the middle of th...
Connie Paris in Surprise, Arizona
Surprise is located just northwest of Phoenix. It seems like an amazingly short time ago, but it was actually founded in 1938! It’s a cute story because the founder named it Surprise as she “woul...
Three Certified Home Cheese Makers
We recently did an article about Kate Johnson’s cheese making certification program at The Art of Cheese in Longmont, Colorado (click here). In it, we mentioned that Kate has awarded 3 of her stu...
I won for “Best Story” in the King Arthur’s Heritage Baking Contest at Old Deerfield, MA!!! Thank you, thank you very much! I promised in my previous article – King Arthur Meets the Cheese Queen...
Imran Saleh - Changing the Culture of Pakistan
Can you imagine how exciting it would be to become the first artisan cheese maker in your entire country?! Imran Saleh lives and thrives in that excitement every day. He has relentlessly (and a...
Here’s an opportunity for you! If you’ve been thinking about taking a big leap into your future, this might be the time to buy an award-winning goat dairy in North Carolina. Goat Lady has won man...
King Arthur Meets the Cheese Queen
I have a confession to make. I am one of those awful women who guards her recipes and no matter how much a friend might beg, I will not give it out. Ever. This is hard to admit and sad to say, ...
It isn’t every day that we hear from a home cheese maker in Russia! And it isn’t every day that we correspond with a fascinating a young woman (34) who has won writing competitions and traveled t...
How This Began I loved the whole idea of Etsy when I first heard about it (over 5 years ago). In case you don’t know about it – Etsy is the website where artists and crafters sell their wares. W...
Barbara Crudale in West Kingston, RI
Why do they call it a “hobby farm” when it’s so much hard work? A hobby is an activity you do at your leisure and raising goats is not that! Fortunately, Barbara and her husband have 4 sons to h...
Tim Bisson's Chocolate Chili Provolone
Tim Bisson in Siletz, Oregon loves to make cheese (almost as much as he loves his dogs!). He recently started a new business making collars and leather goods, so, if you’re in the market, be sure...
Brian Wort in Brandywine, Maryland
Brian Wort is the farm manager at the P.A. Bowen Farmstead, owned by Sally Fallon Morell and her husband, Geoffrey. (Sally Fallon is the founder and longtime president of the Weston A. Price Foun...
Cateland White in Las Vegas, Nevada
Viva Las Vegas! We first got to know Cateland White when she sent us a few of her cheese making tips (below). That led to an interview and we now feel as if we have known her for years! Cateland...
4 Experts Share Their Best Tips for Making Cheese
Recently, we couldn’t stop thinking about a question that came in a while ago, “What is your single best tip for making cheese?” After sending a reply, we realized, there may be more than one answe...
Cameron Arsenault (16) Making Mozzarella
“It sounds like fun to me!” (And it was!) It seems to us that by now everybody should know how it is easy to make Mozzarella with our 30 minute recipe. After all, we’ve been selling our kit for ...
Yogurt Tips from Claire Barker in Colorado
This is a letter we received from Claire Barker, a cheese maker in Colorado. It was very kind of her to share her experiences with us about making yogurt. (If you have something to share, send it...
Photo by Cailin Munroe In 2012, we did a blog article about Jon Little, a cheese maker in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Jon had built a very clever cheese cave and he shared his directi...
Freda Peisley in Rochester, New York
We first heard from Freda last December when she sent us a lovely note: My cheeses will be for Christmas gifts. Thank you so much for having all the things I need. I started with you a ton of ye...
Ethan Rambacher (17) in Littleton, Massachusetts
In our August, 2014 Moosletter, we offered $25 gift certificates in exchange for essays from young people 18 years and younger. (The offer still stands, by the way and the details are here.) A ...
We are very happy to share with you a blog post written by Shawn Saindon (Of Song and Cheese). Shawn lives in Portland, Maine and he was one of the entrants in our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest ...
Karen Hartmann in Battambang, Cambodia
Karen Hartmann fits nicely into our file of fascinating cheese makers! She is both an entrepreneur and a missionary, selling her own yogurt and Tzaziki while she and her husband are doing mission...
Noreen O'Connell in Milford, New Hampshire
Butternut Farm Last December, we had our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest and Noreen O’Connell was one of our entrants: How Cheese Making Has Changed My Life 6 years ago we got our first Al...
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