Jim Harrington in Theodosia, Missouri
Jim and his wife, Josie have a Youtube channel with a name we think is irresistible (at least to us New Englanders) – Ozark Mountain Goats. Screenshot of their YouTube channel homepage They live...
Becky Collins Brooks in Accord, NY
Becky with her 5 month aged cheddar Becky and her husband, Barton raise Wagyu cattle at their beautiful farm in the Catskills. Wagyu beef (that outrageously expensive beef you can find on the me...
Diane Johnson in Belen, New Mexico
My name is Diane Johnson. I have been making cheese since 2013. I love making cheese. Montasio. It has really good, great sharp flavor like a mix between cheddar and parmesan. I am a married ...
Meredith Wecker The town of Heath (population 706) is way off “the beaten path,” even in rural western Massachusetts. Meredith lives only an hour’s drive from our shop but the last 5 miles or so...
Gina Jeffries I was born and raised in Skagit Valley which is in NW Washington state. I was the typical horse crazy girl, as my parents discovered and it was a love I would never outgrow. At one...
Mary Karish: After Her Interview
Mary with the men in her life – her hubby, John and her sons, Raymond and Joseph as they are about to devour her roast turkey. We interviewed Mary Karish of Katy, Texas 3 months ago (click here)....
Robyn Gatens in Ashburn, Virginia
Robyn with her latest cheesemaking adventure – a Cotswold with onions and chives We’re never surprised when we find out that a cheese maker we are interviewing has an impressive day job. But, we...
Alexia Allen in Woodinville, WA
Alexia with a big, fresh cheese wheel Alexia is one of the founders of Hawthorn Farm, located on 8 acres in a suburb of Seattle. She has been on the farm for 18 years, learning and teaching home...
Donna Hambleton in Lion's Head, Ontario
Donna with some of her preserves. I live in the village of Lion’s Head, Ontario. It is located on the North Bruce Peninsula. By Kelisi for English Wikipedia I was born in 1957, into a family of...
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 ...
Jessica Winslow & Steve Smaha in Austin, TX
Steve & Jessica It’s rare that both halves of a couple make cheese, so, we very seldom interview two people at once. With Steve and Jessica, we can see what a major advantage it is. They go...
Ilda Costa-Sarnicki in Hamilton, Ontario
Ilda Costa-Sarnicki with her “Sun Kissed” Sao Jorge at 5 weeks, conceived on National Cheese Day, 2021. She plans to age half of it for 6 months and enjoy the second half on National Cheese Day, 2...
Ramsey (13) in Ontario, Canada
Ramsey. This is a screenshot from one of 4 movies Ramsey’s little sister, Scarlett (8) filmed of him making a blue cheese. Ramsey is 13 and he is getting an early start at becoming a master home...
Sylvain Puccini in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sylvain Puccini In 2019, we did an article about cheese making workshops in Montreal (click here). The classes were being taught by Sylvain Puccini and his partner, Philippe Kotula at Les Atelie...
Ruth Cohn in San Francisco, CA
Ruth Cohn making a marbled cheese. She told us, “Stirring two pots at once, is like kayaking in Kona – the rhythmic, circular motion of both arms, and the wonderful calming effect!” When Ruth Co...
Bob Albers Bob Albers is a retired electronics engineer who has traveled all around the world, and now lives in Mandeville, Louisiana (24 miles north of New Orleans). We interviewed him in 2016,...
Ann Koenig in Columbia, Missouri
Ann Koenig. Photo courtesy of Kim Wade, SilverBox Photographers Ann has been milking two cows using a milk share program and making cheese for about six months. In that brief time she has manage...
Susan Charkes in West Chester, PA
Susan with her latest project – a goat milk tomme Susan is a freelance writer/editor and consultant. Her recent poetry has been published or is forthcoming in, among others, Apiary, Cleaver, Garg...
Using Glaze to Adorn Your Cheese with Flowers
A single serving of glazed goat cheese 5 years ago, I posted an article (Using Wildflowers In/On Your Cheese) about picking and preparing wildflowers. Most of my information for that article cam...
Amanda Lockwood in Orange, Australia
Amanda Lockwood Amanda Lockwood told us “Some days I try to do too many things😂.” That seems like quite an understatement! She has 4 children and 3 grandchildren with 2 teenagers living at home....
Mary Anne Farah in Oakville, Ontario
Mary Anne with a few of her cheeses. Left to right: Pont l’Eveque, Colby, Coastal Blue and Camembert We’re in total awe of how much Mary Anne manages to achieve while raising 2 boys, aged 13 and ...
Mary Khazen Karish in Katy, Texas
Mary with her husband, John Mary lives outside Houston and prior to reading Vincent D’Souza’s interview, she thought she was the only home cheese maker and bread maker around. She told us she wo...
Cheddar Recipe From England - 1934
Nick Fordy with his book of recipes. When we interviewed Nick Fordy in Tingewick, England, he mentioned that he had learned to make cheddar from a book called The Ministry of Agriculture and Fish...
Nick Fordy in Tingewick, England
Nick Fordy at home. After a career in architecture and design, Nick is enjoying an early retirement, primarily because it affords him time to make a wide variety of fabulous cheeses. Nick’s Story...
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