Caerphilly - Almost Instant Gratification!
The wait time is less than 3 weeks. I was reading our newly published book, The Cheeses & Wines of England & France the other day and I became interested in one of the many cheeses John Eh...
Brian and Deana Dixon Skim Milk Fromage Blanc Demonstrated by 12-Year Old, Deana Remember Brian Dixon from the great state of Alaska? (I posted an article in January with his story about ...
Osth Family Farm in North Zulch, Texas
The Osth Family Joan and Johan Osth (pronounced “ost” which means cheese in Swedish) are headed for self-sufficiency on their farm in North Zulch, Texas, population 2,516. Making their...
Making Romano with Suzanne McMinn
Our Cheese Challenger Does it Again! As you probably know, last summer Suzanne McMinn (Chickens in the Road) accepted our challenge to make a new cheese every month and she has emerged triumphant...
Merryl Winstein - Teaching Cheesemaking in Missouri
Merryl visiting Ricki at her home in Ashfield, MA If you live anywhere near St. Louis, MO, you have no excuse whatsoever for not making cheese! Merryl Winstein teaches a wide range of...
Mustafa's Hellim, Also Known as Halloumi
Mustafa Hakkani took pictures and wrote out his step-by-step directions. A week ago, I posted an article about Mustafa (click here) and in it, I promised to post his recipe for Hellim. I was a l...
Angelique Haschalk in Virginia
Tips for using mozzarella, her own dog food recipe with whey and making farmhouse cheddar! Angelique Haschalk first wrote to us with a tip for using our 30 minute mozzarella: In your instruction...
Making Cheese at a Sufi Community in the Catskills I was all set to write an article about Mustafa, a young Sufi (32) who wrote to us from his farm in the Catskills with a few questions about mak...
Learning to Make Cheese at a Bed & Breakfast Farm-Stay
Ward and Barb Halligan CornerStone Farm in Red Oak, VA What if you wanted to have a getaway weekend at a farm in the country and learn to make cheese at the same time? Or, what if you wan...
Brian Dixon - On Making Mozzarella in Alaska
At first, he wasn’t sure he would ever be able to make cheese … Brian Dixon first tried to make our 30 Minute Mozzarella a few months ago, but his attempt was a dismal failure (excuse me – learnin...
A Gouda Time With Suzanne McMinn!
Suzanne is actually becoming quite the little cheese maker! Who knew? When we first found her at her wonderful website- Chickens in the Road, we knew she was a mover and a shaker, but we couldn’...
Just Beginning Their Cheese Making Adventure Pam and Ray Robinson are the fourth generation of Robinsons to work their farm. Ray grew up there. Nestled in the hills of central Massachusetts,...
Making and Serving Cheese Curds
Photo by Sabra Horn, courtesy of Dave Horn’s blog 600 Varieties of Cheese Curds in Wisconsin Alone! Here in our little corner of New England (western Massachusetts) cheese curds (as a ...
Retiring after 31 years. Sally Jackson of Oroville, Washington made her cheese the way it has been made for centuries in other parts of the world – that is to say, in somewhat primitive conditions...
What Could Be Easier? Last January I posted three of Andrew Wilder’s recipes- one was for both Horseradish Cheddar and Jalapeno Cheddar and the other was for Ricotta Salata. They all came from hi...
Locust Grove Farm, Farmstead Sheep's Milk Cheeses
T’was the Night Before a Snow Storm By Sheri Palko T’was the night before a snow storm, when all through the farm Not a creature was stirring in pasture or barn. The stock tanks were full and ...
Mother and Daughter Foodbloggers on Making Mozzarella
Lauren Kincke and her mother love to make Mozzarella! Lauren is a second generation foodie. She and her mother, Dee Kincke, have a blog they call “Fresh From the Heart of Texas.” Lauren has he...
Munster Anyone? Suzanne McMinn Did it Again!
There’s snow in Appalachia, but our “Chick in the Road” is still moving forward with her quest. As you know, Suzanne McMinn has accepted our challenge to make a new “hard” cheese every month unti...
Daniel Botkin is the definition of a “natural-born” teacher. Remember in school when there was a “cool” teacher the other kids had, but you always had the boring ones? When you meet Daniel, you r...
Making Mozzarella with Anya, Age 10
If you don’t believe that making Mozzarella is so easy a child can do it, here’s your proof! Anya Firisen is 10 years old and she already knows more about cheese than most of us. Ricki met her whe...
Ricki, Diane and Sarah ( Diane’s niece) The Smallest Licensed Dairy in Vermont! Ricki first met Diane Wyatt at the Hanover Farmer’s Market in Hanover, New Hampshire a few months ago. Dian...
Making Cheese During the Depression
Norridgewock, Maine Bernard Hilton was born 87 years ago in 1923. I met him at my church and he mentioned that his great-grandmother, his grandmother and his mother all made cheese. In fact, he ...
A WISEWOMAN Makes Her Own Cheese!
WISEWOMAN is a program funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With programs throughout the country, the mission of WISE...
Landeria Farm in Olathe, Kansas
Kathy Landers She’s Making Over 15 Varieties of Farmstead Goat Cheese! Kathy Landers has raised every single one of her 100 goats, maintaining what is called a “closed herd” of registe...
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