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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Bloomy Blue: New Cambozola video from Mary Anne Farah. (click here) Participate in a Sleep Study: Get paid $1000 to eat cheese every night before bed(!) (click here) Goat Milk Ice Cream: We ...

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Fun Video! Do not visit London without watching this first. (click here) Butter Candles: Melting over bread! (click here) Storing Cheese Properly: Everything you need to know (really!). (clic...

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Where Did Cheese Really Come From? Light and fun – the perfect video for high school students (and those of us who generally function at a high school level:). (click here) Goat Cheese & Ch...

FunGift Ideas for Cheesemakers and Cheese Lovers

Gift Ideas for Cheesemakers and Cheese Lovers

Pin, $2, teepublic.com The giving season is coming up! It’s a little early but we think it’s a good idea to plan ahead because it seems like inventory is diminishing everywhere. We picked out a ...

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Results are In: List of winners of 2022 American Cheese Society Competition. (click here) Making Burrata: This short video shows the technique. (click here) Grilled Cheese Tips: One is to spr...

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Potato and Cheese Pizza Video: Made on stovetop – no oven required. (click here) Two new videos showing cheese being made in the mountains of Ukraine: This woman lives alone in the Carpatians mo...

Fellow Cheese MakersYoel Blumberger: Cheesemaking Group in Israel and a Recipe for Castelmagno

Yoel Blumberger: Cheesemaking Group in Israel and a Recipe for Castelmagno

Part of the group (with Castelmagno cheese) in front of a dairy high in the Italian Alps. Yoel is the 4th in (from right to left). We first interviewed Yoel Blumberger of Tel Aviv, Israel in 2019...

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Cumin cheese July is cheesy video month! We couldn’t help but notice that there have been a lot of great videos posted on YouTube this past month. Perfect entertainment for a mid-summer break! H...

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Cheese Scented Nail Polish: It’s real! Velveeta teamed up with Nails, Inc. (click here) 12 Hour Cheesemaking Video(!): Interviews and learning sessions hosted by Gavin Webber. (click here) B...

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Gavin Webber’s Latest Cheese: The incredibly beautiful Red Windsor. (click here) Cold Pizza?: It’s a specialty in the Ohio Valley and they share the recipe. (click here) Kashmiri Cheese at 70...

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Simple but Spectacular: Yummy cheese balls with mozzarella inside. (click here) Cheese Heist: 3500 pounds, worth $23,000(!) from dairy farm in Netherlands. (click here) 1st Place Feta: A small ...

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Gruyere from a small dairy in Switzerland: Maker at left holding 1st place trophy (for the third time!) at World Championship Cheese Contest. Judges at right with actual cheese. (click here) D...

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Love this! From Lame Dad Humor (click here) Video for Kids: Two young boys do a great job of making goat cheese rolled in dill. (click here) How to Make a Cheese Board: Simple, short, clear vi...

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500 Prizes Including Cheese: January 12-27. (click here) Recipe of the Month: Short video with an interesting way to make a broccoli & cheese omelet. (click here) Easy Recip...

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Wallace & Gromit Wooden Postcard: Holiday gift from out of this world. (click here) DIY Cheesy Gift Basket: Make it with your homemade cheese. (click here) Cream Cheese Shortage: Don’t t...

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World’s Best! This soft goat cheese from Spain won the World Cheese Award. (click here) Finally India! This cheese from India won second place at the World Cheese Awards. (click here) Eating...

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A Brie(f) History of Cheese In 5 minutes, Paul Kinstedt (author of Cheese and Culture) summarizes the entire history of cheese around the entire world. It’s simple and fun but we still still lea...

FunThe Cheese Show

The Cheese Show

This is a bit of a departure from our usual interviews, because Olivia Vessel and Joe Russell are most definitely insane(!) and they don’t actually make cheese. They are cute, though. Maybe we’r...

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Got Nettles? How Cornish cheese is made – video by Food Insider. (click here) Bed & Boursin: Boursin is offering 5 free vacations at their palace in Suffolk in exchange for winning recipes ...

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Virtual Vacation: Beautiful new video about making Gouda in the Netherlands. (click here) Tik Tok Viral Recipe: This Baked Feta Casserole has actually spiked the sales of feta. (click here) Hist...

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Smoking Allowed: Smoked cream cheese with spices (yum). (click here) A Moister Cheese than Cheddar: Wisconsin may make Colby their first official state cheese. (click here) Cheese Ice Cream: ...

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Did you know? June has been National Dairy Month since 1937. Ambassador of Cheese Job Opening: Here’s a chance to earn $5000, a 3 day trip and more while working 45 days as a Chief Cheese Offic...

Fellow Cheese MakersClose up of purple and pink flowers with glaze on them on ball of cheese

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...

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New YouTube Video: Nerina Cheese (goat with ash) from 2 Guys & A Cooler. (click here) May is American Cheese Month! When the Phone Rings, Answer It: Scray Cheese in Wisconsin had a boost in...

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