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Fellow Cheese MakersCharles H. and His Unique Wax Dipping Technique

Charles H. and His Unique Wax Dipping Technique

A couple of weeks ago, we got this picture in the mail from Charles in Tampa, Florida: Of course, when you get a picture like that, you have to figure there’s an interesting cheese maker behind i...

Fellow Cheese MakersBeltane Farm in Lebanon, Connecticut

Beltane Farm in Lebanon, Connecticut

It’s a crazy scene at Beltane Farm this time of year – there are baby goats everywhere (they call it March Madness!) There were 80 born in the last month! Fortunately, you can go there any Sunday...

Fellow Cheese MakersEleridge McCracking in Shelbyville, Tennessee

Eleridge McCracking in Shelbyville, Tennessee

Eleridge McCracking and his wife have been very busy lately, helping their goats give birth. (It’s that time of year.) So, we’re grateful to him for taking the time to answer a few questions: How ...

EventsRed Gable Cheese Workshops

Red Gable Cheese Workshops

Karen Kushner with some of her cheeses Red Gable Cheese Workshops is located in Sparta, Tennessee-a small community located on the scenic Upper Cumberland plateau approximately an hour and a half...

EquipmentEric Olson's Amazing Make-Room Updated

Eric Olson's Amazing Make-Room Updated

This is a follow through to an article we posted a year ago – Eric Olson’s Amazing Home Set-Up. At that time, Eric Olson was using his skills in welding stainless steel to make and modify the equi...

Fellow Cheese MakersShe Owned a Cheese Shop - Beth Lewand

She Owned a Cheese Shop - Beth Lewand

Beth and Chris in their cheese shop Beth Lewand and her husband, Chris Gray found a storefront in Brooklyn, New York (Greenpoint) and opened their own cheese (and beer) shop – Eastern District. ...

Fellow Cheese MakersMayval Farm in Westhampton, MA

Mayval Farm in Westhampton, MA

The Parsons family has owned and run their farm for 250 years- since 1778. The farm has so much going on and there are so many family members involved, that we couldn’t possibly cover it all in th...

Fellow Cheese MakersCream of the Crop Farm in Russell, MA

Cream of the Crop Farm in Russell, MA

Cream of the Crop is just getting started. Less than 6 years ago, the farm consisted of an empty house and store. Now, it’s a dairy farm and a creamery and it’s still growing. In 2012, Jerald ...

Fellow Cheese MakersJohn Miller of Winterplace Farm in Leeds, Maine

John Miller of Winterplace Farm in Leeds, Maine

I first interviewed John in 2010 when his farm (The Farmstead at Mine Brook) was located in Charlemont, MA, a “stone’s throw” away from our shop in Ashfield . John in 2010. We have since moved t...

Fellow Cheese MakersCricket Creek Farm in Williamstown, MA

Cricket Creek Farm in Williamstown, MA

Intro: Road trip with The Cheese Queen Ricki came with me on this trip “over the mountains and through the woods” to the farm in western MA. We knew about Cricket Creek from American Cheese Soci...

Fellow Cheese MakersDianne Miller in Imnaha, Oregon

Dianne Miller in Imnaha, Oregon

Dianne running her cream separator. Photo by Sam Miller Dianne Miller and her husband, Sam raise purebred Nubian dairy goats on their 9 acres of land in the mountains of northeast Oregon. Sam w...

Fellow Cheese MakersBecca Heins-New ACS Certified Cheese Professional

Becca Heins-New ACS Certified Cheese Professional

It has been 7 years since the American Cheese Society began it’s certification program for cheese professionals and there are currently only 900 people who have passed the exam in the United State...

Fellow Cheese MakersVaca Negra - After the Hurricane

Vaca Negra - After the Hurricane

One of the most interesting tours on the island of Puerto Rico brings folks to Vaca Negra in Hatillo, Puerto Rico where artisan cheese and yogurt is made. They make 5 different kinds of cheese an...

Fellow Cheese MakersSlate Roof Creamery

Slate Roof Creamery

It’s rare that I stumble on a website and wind up doing a post about it. In this case, I was following a thread from the Fancy Foods Show and it brought me to a small company in Selinsgrove, Penn...

Fellow Cheese MakersBill Strelke in Fredericksburg, TX

Bill Strelke in Fredericksburg, TX

Bill Strelke considers himself to be a novice cheese maker, but we beg to differ. He has made a wide variety of very impressive looking cheeses which, unfortunately we have not been able to taste...

Fellow Cheese MakersA Special Time-Keeping Spreadsheet for Making Cheese

A Special Time-Keeping Spreadsheet for Making Cheese

Cheese Planning Helper By Bob Albers* Like most of us, I love to make cheese. Because I don’t have my own cheese factory, I use the kitchen. This causes a bit of conflict with my wife who asks “...

Fellow Cheese MakersNorth Meadow Farm in Manchester, Vermont

North Meadow Farm in Manchester, Vermont

There’s a new dairy in town and they’re making cheese! Lisa Cross, Jesse Pomeroy and David Johnson have joined forces to bring an old, tired farm in the Green Mountains of Southern Vermont back to...

Fellow Cheese MakersVisiting Grafton Village Cheese Company

Visiting Grafton Village Cheese Company

Chances are you’ve eaten at least one kind of Grafton Cheddar (http://www.graftonvillagecheese.com/). It’s sold everywhere, including the main supermarket in my town (Greenfield, MA). It is, in ...

Fellow Cheese MakersMaking Cheese at Hildene in Vermont

Making Cheese at Hildene in Vermont

Hildene – The Lincoln Family Home Hildene is located in Vermont’s southwest corner, The Shires, in Manchester Village, close to many popular ski areas. It was the summer home for Abraham Lincoln’...

Cheese Making RecipeBrooke Moore (14) - Food Artist Extraordinaire!

Brooke Moore (14) - Food Artist Extraordinaire!

Last year we had a promotion going for awhile where, if you sent in a recipe with a picture of it, you received a gift certificate to our store (cheesemaking.com). We had quite a few responses an...

Fellow Cheese MakersRon Schmidt in Gainesville, Florida

Ron Schmidt in Gainesville, Florida

Ron getting ready to play “air accordion” with a gator that he met in downtown Salem, OR last month. So far, they have not asked him back, but he is waiting for the phone call. Ron Schmidt, Profe...

Fellow Cheese MakersSister Gertrude Read in 2017

Sister Gertrude Read in 2017

Sr. Gertrude lives at the Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado. Courtesy of The Fence Post Courtesy of Roadtrippers In April, 2014, we posted an article about her and her cheese (cl...

Fellow Cheese MakersRebecca Nininger in Hutchinson, Kansas

Rebecca Nininger in Hutchinson, Kansas

Rebecca Nininger makes the widest variety of homemade cheeses we have ever seen. Her cheeses are nothing short of spectacular! Yet, when I mentioned that to her, she laughed and said the pictures...

Cheese Making RecipePeter Corrigan's Unicorn Cheese

Peter Corrigan's Unicorn Cheese

When Peter Corrigan from Princeton, New Jersey sent us pictures of his “rainbow” cheese, we were surprised and delighted. We think it’s beautiful! He told us he made it with non-artificial natur...

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