Fun Along The Whey

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.

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Rob Goris in Sydney, Australia

Australia is a country where raw milk of any kind is simply illegal to sell. Fortunately, it is possible to make fabulous cheese from pasteurized milk if you know what you’re doing, and Rob Goris ...

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Stony Creek Farm in Montgomery, MA

Gabriella Steria Gabriella Steria, a Mennonite, was raised on a farm in upstate New York. She moved to Western Massachusetts 20 years ago when she was asked to teach at a Russian Christian school...

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Arch Angel Farm & Holy Goat Creamery in Manhattan, Kansas

Suzanne Bennett Karen Kushner of Red Gable Cheese Workshops in Tennessee sent us this note recently: “Since I think you’re always looking for interesting articles, I wanted to put a bug in your e...

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Yoel Blumberger in Tel Aviv, Israel

I am 66 years old, married, have three children and five granddaughters, all of them heavy and knowledgeable cheese consumers. I am a computer specialist by profession, worked 11 years for IBM as...

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Shelley Whitehead from Saskatchewan, Canada

That’s Shelley on the right with an enthusiastic cheese vendor. Shelley Whitehead is a home cheese maker from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. This past spring she took an exciting cheese trip and ...

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Yoel's DIY Cheese Drying Box

Lingotto cheese in the drying box. Yoel Blumberger in Tel Aviv, Israel created this box for drying cheese and was kind enough to send us the directions. We will be interviewing Yoel for the June...

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Khristy Grindle in Marion, Indiana

I am from a small town called Marion, Indiana (fun fact: James Dean was born here). Marion is located about an hour north of Indianapolis. I have been teaching high school mathematics for 9 year...

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Beth-Ann Fortunato in Mena, Arkansas

At the goat festival in Perryville, AR last summer. We got goats because my husband is lactose intolerant and I always wanted them. Lucy in 2011. We moved to Arkansas in 2010 from SW Florida – ...

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Imran Saleh in Lahore, Pakistan - An Update

Imran with his daughter, Mehren and his wife, Ayesha We first wrote about our friend, Imran Saleh in February, 2013 when he was making cheese in his home (click here). Within a few years, he had...

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Vivian Lucero in Otis, Oregon

Vivian and her husband, Tom Gory Vivian Lucero knows a thing or two about making cheese. She seems to have tried every recipe on our website! And, from her pictures, it appears that it all went...

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La Belle Vallee Fromagerie in the Cariboo

Florian Bergoin Q. What exactly is the Cariboo (besides a great 7 letter Scrabble word meaning ‘large deer!’)? A. It’s an incredibly beautiful, mountainous area in British Columbia where caribo...

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Bob's Smoked Tuna with Homemade Cream Cheese

Bob Albers of Mandeville, Louisiana sent us this recipe – his 14th contribution to our blog since 2016.* You don’t have to make your own cream cheese for it, but it’s extra special when you do (an...

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Sheila Litchfield in Heath, MA

Sheila Litchfield has been raising goats, making cheese and teaching cheese making for over 30 years. Western Massachusetts is mostly rural, but Heath is about as rural as it gets (population – 7...

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Eric Olson's Amazing Mobile Cheese Truck

It’s officially a tradition now – every year, in February, we post an update on Eric Olson’s incredible progress from home cheese maker to professional. To get caught up, check out these 2 articl...

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Got Cream? Lucinda's Italian Liqueur

Lucinda Dee It’s called VOV in Italy where Lucinda Dee of Williamsville, Vermont first tasted it. She fell madly in vov with it and a friend gave her the recipe. She was kind enough to share it...

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Ruby Goat Dairy in Jamaica

If you’re lucky enough to go to Jamaica this winter (or any other time), pay a visit to Ruth Mitchell and Byron Walker at Ruby Goat Dairy. They will be happy to show you around their micro dairy –...

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John Augsburger in Wamego, Kansas

John and his wife, Beverly We apologize for being redundant, but, we have to present you with yet another fascinating cheese maker. It’s really ridiculous! The truth is – we don’t even try to f...

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Bob Cassette in Saco, Maine

Bob and his granddaughter, Melissa. She lives in Nebraska and has three kids with the oldest to graduate from high school in the Spring. She also has two girls, a nine year old and a three year...

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Mike's "Cheddarish with Camembert Outside"

Mike Preece at Port Isaac in Devon, the place where the fictional ‘Doc Martin, Port Wenn’ is filmed. Mike Preece from Wales contacted us recently to share his cheese experiment. We love hearing ...

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Amy Monette in Reno, Nevada

Rosie and Amy at the Expo. A few weeks ago, Amy sent us her fabulous version of Jim Wallace’s recipe for Lactic Cheese with Truffle Oil. We posted it (click here) with a promise to tell you more ...

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Joan Schleh at Garden Home Farm in Mt. Vernon, Washington

Joan Schleh with her fabulous cheese. Home Farm is a small farm in the Skagit Valley of northwest Washington. Joan Schleh, her husband, Steve,their daughter and their 2 sons breed Saanen and Obe...

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Ashley Wright in Buckley, Washington

Logan, Ashley, Alanna, and their dog, Bella About a month ago, Ashley made a comment at one of our blog articles (about freezing milk). She said she freezes her goat’s milk all the time to make ...

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Twisted Acres Farm in Bristow, Oklahoma

Lola Carter and Momo Looking for a yummy holiday gift? Lola Carter and her husband, Stephen raise goats and they make their living selling caramel candies, soaps and a bath scrub made with their...

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Making Cheese in Nairobi

A while back, one of our readers asked us to connect her with Sandra Daniels, a missionary in Kenya (article in 2011). This reader was planning to teach cheese making in the slums of Nairobi to S...

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