Fun Along The Whey

The Cheese Queen is Listening

Andrew Forsthoefel and Ricki Carroll (AKA The Cheese Queen) The Cheese Queen has officially decreed that everyone in the...

Holiday Party 2017 with Our Team of Veterans

The Northampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds, MA has a very successful Compensated Work Therapy Program for ...

Making Fabulous Fromagina!

Her Story You may not know our friend Fromagina – she’s the lovely daughter of Mr. Fromage Blanc and Ms. Mascarpone. Ric...

Dehydrating Pears with the Cheese Queen

Ricki’s Dehydration Station Ricki is not only the Cheese Queen – she’s the Royal Dehydrator. In the last few years, she ...

Ricki's Fabulous Barn!

Two years ago, Ricki started working on an old shed in the back of her yard which, at one time, had been a barn for her g...

Cheese Queen Testifies at GMO Hearing

Tuesday, September 22nd Ricki traveled to our Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston for the public hearing on a bill which w...

PART 3 - The Cheese Queen's Story: The Early 1980's

Phenomenal Growth! This is the third in a comprehensive series about the history of New England Cheesemaking Supply Compan...

Ricki's Demo for High School Students

We have recently expanded our mission at New England Cheesemaking Supply Co: To inspire young people to learn the art of c...

Launching the Massachusetts Cheese Guild

Barbara Hanley, President of the Guild welcomed us warmly. We’re looking forward to getting to know her better. ...

Ricki's Spring Projects

Ricki hugging her fabulous creation It’s a creative frenzy! The Cheese Queen is at it again. It seems like every...

PART 2 - The Cheese Queen's Story: The First 3 Years

What had they gotten themselves into?! That’s their Jersey, Nellie in the middle By the end of our first episode ...

PART 1 - The Cheese Queen's Story

A Little Bit of the History of New England Cheesemaking Supply Company Ricki, from “Mother Earth News,” March, 1986 ...

Jim's Workshop #2 with Simona Carini

  She’s still learning “after all these years.” You know a cheese maker is serious when she flies from her home in north...

Singing with the Cheese Queen

Ricki and Jamie are Raising Their Voices in Song! Everybody knows that the King and Queen of Cheese LOVE to sing-in fact,...

Notes from One of Jim Wallace's Workshops

Simona Carini attended Jim’s advanced class in French Cheese Making this past May. You may remember Simona from her post ...

Ricki's Visit to a Small Dairy in South Africa

A Destination Spot for Organic Cheese and Produce Our intrepid traveller Last January, Ricki and Jamie went to So...

Cottage Cheese from the Cheesemakers' Journal

Celebrating 30 years of recipes and news from our customers! This month is exactly 30 years from the date when Ricki and...

Making Our Cheese Press aka A Labor of Love

Jamie Eckley (The Cheese King) Gets it Done! There are over 10 different vendors involved in the production of our cheese...

Teaching Preschoolers How Cheese is Made

How Ricki and Jamie taught a workshop for 3 year olds and lived to tell the tale! Ricki (the Cheese Queen) and Jamie (the...

An Advanced Workshop with Jim Wallace

Q. Are workshops really all they’re cracked up to be? A. Yes!!! Ask any great American cheesemaker how they learn...

Singing While Making Cheese!

Lady in Red Ricki and Jamie have traveled around the world to singing camps sponsored by Village Harmony Singers. In ...

Ricki's Fabulous Art!!!

These are just a few of Ricki’s creations… For the full tour of her amazing house – click here. From stained glass window...

Ricki's Coeur a la Creme Recipe

Valentine’s Day holds a special place in Ricki Carroll’s heart. If you have been to her workshops, you have met her swee...