Marwan Abujaber in Amman, Jordan
Marwan Abujaber at one of their regular family barbecues. When Marwan sent us pictures of his cheeses, we couldn’t believe how beautiful they are. We naturally assumed that he sells them, but we...
Imran Saleh. (Fingers crossed since he passed his goal of stocking 8 tons of mature cheese. Now he’s moving toward 16.) We’ve done many articles about Imran Saleh in Lahore, Pakistan.* During ...
From Goats to Heritage Cows: A Homesteader's Decision
Hilary Elmer with Ashmead Hilary Elmer is a homesteader in northern Vermont. She makes cheese, grows vegetables, raises cows, pigs and chickens, hunts and dresses animals herself – all while runn...
Vincent D'Souza in Fulshear, Texas
Vincent and his wife, Nandita at the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. My wife and I are located in Fulshear, TX, which is a suburb, west of greater Houston. I retired at the end of June, 2019 fr...
Hilary Elmer in Lowell, Vermont
Almost all of us dream at some point of living in the country and growing our own food. Few of us achieve that goal but Hilary Elmer made her dream come true. Now, she has a cabin in the woods ...
James Phelps in Buffalo, Wyoming
James Plelps in the Bighorns above his house, snowshoeing on an old logging road. We have done a lot of interviews in the past 12 years – since we started this blog, but James Phelps is the first...
Susan Dawkins in Powell River, B.C., Canada
With a small sample of summer treats on the deck of our house – Goat Feta sticks, Brie and Coastal Blue. We spend a lot of time on our deck in the summer, eating cheese and drinking wine with fri...
Imran Saleh's New Building in Lahore, Pakistan
Imran in one of his caves. As many of you already know from previous articles, Imran Saleh started making cheese 11 years ago at his home (as a hobby). A few years later, he jumped off the cliff...
Deborah Eddleman in Edwardsville, Illinois
Deb, drinking a homemade goat milk latte with 2 tuckered out kids in her lap. We live approximately 10 miles outside of Edwardsville Illinois. We have about 12 1/2 acres for our goats and chicken...
Marek Mazurkiewicz in Wroclaw, Poland
Marek is a cheese maker from Poland. He told us about his Youtube channel – www.youtube.com/domowyser. (Domowy ser means homemade cheese.) He was hoping we would let you know about it if we tho...
Martin Davenport in Uppermill, England
Martin (right) at the Saddleworth Wine Vault which is owned by Julian in the picture. The coin in his hand was a token gesture as he was giving away a few samples of his cheese to customers on a S...
Vickie Jasinsky in Dixon, California
I live in a small city in Northern California, just 30 minutes west of Sacramento. Making cheese gives me a little respite from my job as an Emergency Medical Services Administrator and caregiver ...
Ripley Casdorph in Greeley, Colorado
Ripley with cheeses he made for his daughter’s wedding in September, 2019. Ripley Casdorph is a very busy man! He works full time as the webmaster for Weld County (19 years). From 2017-2019, he...
Paul Schiebold in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Holding one of my mini-Crottins. (It got a little blue into it.) I am a retired environmental engineer who recently moved to Colorado Springs, CO. I make cheese at least once a week. Parmesan ...
Tasha Greer in Lowgap, North Carolina
Tasha Greer Tasha has a popular website (Simplestead.com) where she chronicles her life as a homesteader in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with Virginia. Photo by Tim Miles She and her ...
Rebecca Noble in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rebecca Noble with with some recent makes: From center-left: Valencay, Camembert, Monk’s Cheese, Havarti w/dill, Buttermilk Blue, Blue by You, Stilton, Leiden, Wensleydale w/sage, Gouda, Shropsh...
Sr. Mary Catharine Perry in Summit, New Jersey
Sr. Mary Catherine with her Asiago, drying on the cheese mat Sr. Mary Catharine was 22 when she became a nun at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary. That will be 30 years ago this January. ...
Charles Delcambre, MD in Fancy Gap, Virginia
Charles Delcambre with a Jarlsberg in his right hand, and a Gouda #2 in his left. Charles’s Story I am a retired physician after 25 years in medicine. Prior to that, I was a chemical engineer. Ma...
How to Make a Peg Mill by Yoel Blumberger
Yoel Blumberger with a 7 pound Castelmagno cheese he made and the peg mill he used when he made it. We first met Yoel in 2019, when he sent us his directions for making a cheese drying box (Yoel’...
Ed Werner in Racine, Wisconsin
Ed with his first cheese – Swiss I started making cheese 3 months ago here in Racine after watching a video on how to make mozzarella! I said “I can do that” and proceeded to fail as I watched a...
Cindy Johnston in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Cindy Johnston This interview supports our theory that cheese makers are the most interesting people in the world. They just are. Cindy Johnston is accomplishing more in her retirement than many...
Elizabeth McReynolds in Chino Hills, California
Elizabeth McReynolds Elizabeth’s Story I’m in Southern California. Both my husband and I were born and raised here, but his family is originally from Arkansas. His parents moved back some years...
David LaGarce in Houston, Texas
David LaGarce wearing a shirt he bought for the 4th of July. Recently, David sent us pictures of his cheese making equipment, including a re-circulation style heater system. We know from experie...
Gilded Fern Farm in Contoocook, New Hampshire
Deb Allen and her daughter, Caroline It’s exciting for us to have found a fabulous cheese maker before she has become widely known. We predict that someday soon you will hear about Deb Allen’s G...
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