Jim Price in Stevenson, Washington
Jim Price with his wine cooler “cave.” I first met Jim via e-mail when he entered our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest last fall. I read his story (below) and I wanted to learn more about him and h...
Steve Murtaugh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Steve Murtaugh with his main Maoi – an Eastern Island Tiki Steve Murtaugh is a master home cheese maker. He sells his cheese at Farmer’s Markets in the Pittsburgh area. This coming sum...
Werner Troeder in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Werner Troeder It’s always interesting when folks move from one country to another with a totally different culture. They find themselves missing certain aspects of the life they left b...
Glass House Blue Cheese by Andy Cumberland
Glass House Blue at 4 weeks Andy Cumberland has so many fingers in the “back to basics” pie that we can’t keep track of them all- aquaponics, composting, sausage making, bread baking and c...
Kiara Sabiston (11) in Spencerville, Ontario, Canada
Our first Junior Spotlight! Kiara Sabiston was the youngest entrant in our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest. We were very surprised that an eleven year old could be as mature (and talented) as she ...
Rachel Chamberlain in Turlock, California
Rachel Chamberlain with her 6.5 lb gouda We’re fortunate that we have the opportunity to talk with many of you when you call to place your orders. After Rachel Chamberlain called, she fol...
Taylor Luttrell-Williams (14) in Terlingua, Texas
Winner of Our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest Taylor’s winning essay may be found in our December Moosletter. We seem to have picked a very interesting young man to be our contest winner. See if...
Making "Dry" Mozzarella in Pakistan
Imran Saleh Imran Saleh is bringing a little bit of Italy to Lahore We have posted 2 articles about Imran since we first met him (via e-mail) last winter – one in February and one in March...
Elise Cohen, Story Teller and Cheese Maker
If you subscribe to our fabulous Moosletter, you know we are currently running an essay contest.* We have “met” the most interesting people through this contest and Elise Cohen of Rockville, Ma...
"Cooked" Cream Cheese with Patrice Lewis
Patrice Lewis Patrice Lewis, calls her popular blog- Rural Revolution – In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural north Idaho housewife. She describes herself as “a practical constituti...
Frank Masciulli's Marbled "Swissby" Cheese
Frank Masciulli Whatever Works! Frank Masciulli of Chelmsford, Massachusetts just started making his own cheese 5 or 6 months ago. He’s an engineer and he told us that he overheard a fe...
Cheddar with Marci Blubaugh at Amazing Graze
Marci Blubaugh Mike and Marci Blubaugh have a farm in Martinsburg, Ohio called Amazing Graze. They sell grass fed beef and lamb, pastured broilers and turkeys, pork, eggs and some produce...
Fontina with The Weekend Artisan
Douglas Lumley I have done two posts in this past year about Douglas Lumley and his wife, Jan (one with their recipe for Asiago Pepato and another with their pictures of Tuscany). They ha...
John Davis and his "Uchinbrie"
John Davis is one of those amazing people who makes everything look easy- learning languages, playing musical instruments, making unique cheeses and teaching school. I asked him tell us a little b...
Cream Cheese from McCorrie Lane Kitchen
Jocelyn McHenry Arruda A different take on a very easy cheese Jocelyn McHenry Arruda of Portsmouth, Rhode Island is a mother who wants to eat healthy and simply. She shares her recipes at...
Update on Mukund Naidu in Bangalore, India
Mukund Naidu (photo by Sandesh Ravikumar) I did an article about Mukund 3 years ago in July, 2010. At that time, he was one of very few cheese makers in India and he still is. Cheese i...
Something yummy to make with a gallon of goat’s milk … Every Tuesday morning, I pick up 1 1/2 gallons of goat’s milk from a neighbor’s farm. I use one gallon to make this cheesecake and 1/2 gallo...
Kefir Cheese with Amanda Feifer
I don’t always acknowledge this, but there are actually a lot of fermented foods in the world besides artisan cheeses! Kefir grains, for example, are loaded with highly beneficial probiotic bacter...
Purple Onion Feta with Andy Cumberland
Andy Cumberland with his Drunken Nut Cheese Back to Basics Down Under I asked Andy to send me a picture of himself making cheese and I received this – I didn’t get the time to make chees...
Peggy Ployhar, from Kenyon, Minnesota has a lot going on! She and her husband and their three young children run a “hobby farm” with an apartment they rent out for farm stays in the summer. Accor...
Cream Cheese with Jill Richardson
Jill Richardson Jill Richardson is a well-known expert on food and farming issues here in the US and all around the world. Her website, La Vida Locavore has book reviews, articles about fo...
Two Weeks in Tuscany with The Weekend Artisan
This past March, I posted an article about a new cheese making website called The Weekend Artisan. Douglas Lumley and his wife, Jan, of Winchester, UK have created a great “do-it-yourself” site w...
Haniya (Age 9) and Her Mother, The Fresh Food Fairy
Making Mozzarella like crazy! Haniya Frayer of Kalamazoo, Michigan is already a pro at making 30 Minute Mozzarella. She does the entire process herself (with adult supervision, of course!). Here...
30 Minute Mozzarella Makes a Great Science Project
Tommy with the board Ali made. (Ali couldn’t attend the fair.) We love this! A few weeks ago we received a note from Helen Tsatsos, the proud mother of Tommy L. (10), a fifth grade Mozzar...
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