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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.

Fellow Cheese MakersGraduating from Cow-Share College and Goat-Share University!

Graduating from Cow-Share College and Goat-Share University!

Learning to sell shares can bring you more profits. Are you thinking about selling shares of your cows or goats in order to supply folks with raw milk? Economically, this could make a lot of sens...

Cheese Making RecipeMaking Farmstead Cheddar

Making Farmstead Cheddar

Jayne Maker Warwick, Rhode Island We first got to know Jayne in April when she was our “Interview #4 with a New Cheese Maker.” Well, she isn’t so “new” anymore. After mastering Mozzarella, Ricot...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#8 - Steve Nichols

New Cheese Maker#8 - Steve Nichols

Making and smoking cheese at home Steve Nichols (55) is one of the few folks we know about who made our 30 Minute Mozzarella the first time he tried it and then smoked it! How cool is that? He has...

Fellow Cheese MakersMaking Cheese in Nicaragua

Making Cheese in Nicaragua

Suze Cohan El Sontule, Nicaragua Suze Cohan first wrote to us with a question about freezing her cultures. She mentioned that she was making cheese in Nicaragua, so we asked her about it. It t...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#6 - Sharilyn Clowes

New Cheese Maker#6 - Sharilyn Clowes

Sharilyn Clowes You may remember Sharilyn from an article we did last month. We showed you her pictures from A Fromagerie in the Pyrenees. She and her husband, Brian, are back from their trip to...

Fellow Cheese MakersFollowing Our Followers #2

Following Our Followers #2

Steve Kamp Beecher, IL We would like to know more about all the “followers” of our blog. So, we’re always happy to do an interview when we get the chance. Many thanks to Steve for taking the tim...

Fellow Cheese MakersManaging the Cheese Department - John Ferarra

Managing the Cheese Department - John Ferarra

Behind the Cheese Counter at the Brattleboro, VT Food Co-op Learning the Trade John Ferarra was just a part-time worker at the Brattleboro co-op when Henry Tewksbury (author of “The Cheese...

Fellow Cheese MakersFarmstead Cheesemaking in the Pyrenees

Farmstead Cheesemaking in the Pyrenees

Sharilyn and Brian Clowes Last year, Sharilyn Clowes and her husband celebrated their 10th anniversary by selling their belongings and taking off from Canada on an open ended bicycle trip throug...

Fellow Cheese MakersArtisan Cheesemakers #2  Hillman Farm

Artisan Cheesemakers #2 Hillman Farm

Carolyn and Joe Hillman Colrain, MA Is it really possible in “this day and age” for a couple to make their living high on a hill off a dirt road with a few goats and an aging room? It is if you m...

Fellow Cheese MakersBrigitta's Cooking Club Makes Cheese!

Brigitta's Cooking Club Makes Cheese!

In an e-mail to us recently, Brigitta mentioned her cooking club. We thought that sounded interesting and decided to ask her about it: How did this cooking group get started? We started 15 yea...

Fellow Cheese MakersFollowing Our Followers #1

Following Our Followers #1

Recently, we looked through the list of our “followers” (those who have registered and can therefore make comments) and randomly chose one to be the first in this series. (Our goal is to learn ...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#5 - Debra Strange

New Cheese Maker#5 - Debra Strange

Debra Strange from Easley, SC Debra Strange is a 53 year old domestic engineer who lives in a small town in upstate South Carolina near the Blue Ridge Parkway, around two hours from Atlanta, Georg...

Fellow Cheese MakersArtisan Cheesemakers #1 Westfield Farm

Artisan Cheesemakers #1 Westfield Farm

Westfield Farm is located high on a hill in Hubbardston, MA, a small town in the center of the state. Bob and Debbie Stetson have made some of the most delicious cheeses in the country there. At...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#4 - Jayne Maker

New Cheese Maker#4 - Jayne Maker

Jayne Maker in Warwick, RI Jayne Maker sent us a link to her blog recently. She calls it “The Barefoot Kitchen Witch.” We were amazed at the clarity of the pictures (she learned a lot from her ...

Fellow Cheese MakersPortrait of a  Mozzarella Maker

Portrait of a Mozzarella Maker

Keith Mazzarella Keith Mazzarella makes Mozzarella for a living. Really. He thinks maybe his name led him to answer an ad for the job at Antonio Mozzarella Factory in Springfield, NJ. He got th...

Fellow Cheese MakersHappy Cow Creamery- A Special Place

Happy Cow Creamery- A Special Place

Tom Trantham When was the last time you had the opportunity to see how milk is produced, from beginning to end? At the Happy Cow Creamery in Pelzer, SC, you can do that every weekday in th...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#3 - Amanda Erickson

New Cheese Maker#3 - Amanda Erickson

Amanda Erickson You would be hard pressed to find a more enthusiastic cheese maker than Amanda Erickson, an architech in Portland, OR. She loves cheese. In fact, she can seldom find the time to ...

Fellow Cheese MakersCheese Making Workshops in Philo, Ohio

Cheese Making Workshops in Philo, Ohio

Blue Rock Station If you want to read about a very interesting farm, check out the website for Blue Rock Station in Philo, Ohio. Jay and Annie Warmke have created a center for green living, where...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#2 - Brigitte Wolf

New Cheese Maker#2 - Brigitte Wolf

Brigitte Wolf in Ontario, Canada It really is a coincidence that our first two interviews happen to be with artists from Canada! We didn’t know anything about them until we asked them to do the ...

Fellow Cheese MakersNew Cheese Maker#1 - Dan Earle

New Cheese Maker#1 - Dan Earle

Dan Earle in Nova Scotia This is the first in a series of interviews we will be doing with folks who are just beginning to make cheese. We know many of you are starting your cheese adventure, so...

Fellow Cheese MakersMaking Cheese in Somalia

Making Cheese in Somalia

This was sent to us by our new friend, Mohamed Jesow (pictured at right). Dear Ricki; Happy New Year to you and your team at Cheesemaking.com. It was great dealing with you last year and I look fo...

Cheese Making RecipeHorseradish Cheddar & Jalapeno Cheddar

Horseradish Cheddar & Jalapeno Cheddar

We found this article at a great blog- Andrew Wilder’s I Make Cheese. With Superbowl Sunday coming up, this seemed like a good time to post it. Yesterday my friend Dana and I made a special batc...

Cheese Making RecipeMaking Burrata

Making Burrata

By Jo at Hands Free Cooking (Many thanks to Joanna Miles for sharing this article with us.) A couple months ago, I wrote about my attempts to make burrata, an artisan Italian cheese that is delici...

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