Fun Along The Whey

Ivy Netzel in Gourley Township, Michigan

Ivy Netzel, making kefir Ivy’s Story I live in a quiet little hamlet called Jam Dam (unincorporated Gourley Township) on...

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 ...

Hilda Elena Thielen in Marietta, Georgia

Hilda Elena Thielen Hilda loves to cook with natural/minimal ingredients so cheesemaking is a perfect fit. She has 3 ad...

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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 o...

Imran Saleh in Pakistan - Camel Milk Cheese

Imran with a few of his artisan cheeses. This is our 9th post about Imran since 2013. Since we first got to know him, h...

Kathy Lynch in Queensland, Australia

Kathy Lynch in her studio I live on 45 acres of beautiful land on the Sunshine Coast with an abundance of forests, cree...

Erol Sozen in Bloomington, Illinois

Erol Sozen Erol comes from Turkey, a country where cheese is highly valued. Most of the cheese there is the kind Erol m...

Dennis Woods in Portland, Oregon

Dennis with Tomme, after light press They say if you want to get something done, ask a busy person. It’s true. I asked...

Upcoming Cheese Festivals (Current)

Ricki Carroll (The Cheese Queen) at the Festival of Cheeses in 2015. This used to be the last event at the annual Americ...

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Cheese Scented Nail Polish: It’s real! Velveeta teamed up with Nails, Inc. (click here) 12 Hour Cheesemaking Video(!)...

Maureen Blais-Gestrich in Sarasota, Florida

Maureen with Butterkase, Dunlop and Red Leicester on the press, Mountain Tomme on the platter and Pyrenees on the bamboo ...

Making Cotija (Mexican Parmesan)

Lately, it seems like every recipe I see online and feel like making has Cotija in it. The corn dishes, in particular, ap...

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Gavin Webber’s Latest Cheese: The incredibly beautiful Red Windsor. (click here) Cold Pizza?: It’s a specialty in the...

Vivian Lucero's Trip to the California Artisan Cheese Festival

Cheese please! In 2019, we had the pleasure of interviewing Vivian – Vivian Lucero in Otis, Oregon. She is a master che...

Hal Wentzel in Niagara, Wisconsin

Hal pointing to an apricot blossom a few weeks ago. The trees were just planted last year. In our opinion, Hal and his ...

Jennifer Rollins in Sydney, Australia

Jennifer in her kitchen with a couple of vacuum packed cheeses and a tomme. Jennifer seems to be good at everything she ...

Rhonda Bates in Frisco, North Carolina

Rhonda with Earl and Louise Rhonda is a professional artist with many talents. When she was younger, she made her livin...

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Simple but Spectacular: Yummy cheese balls with mozzarella inside. (click here) Cheese Heist: 3500 pounds, worth $23,00...

Molly Brown in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Molly at left with her grandmother, mother, and dog Muffin. Molly Brown is no stranger to adventure as you will see in h...

Whoops! Cheese Making Disasters

Molly Brown in Altoona, PA told us her first bandage wrapped cheese, a Lancashire looks worse than it actually was. She ...

Shirley Hampshire in Kingston, Michigan

Shirley Hampshire Shirley and her husband, Randy have 6 grown kids and 9 grandchildren, so far. Due to Covid, daycare o...

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Gruyere from a small dairy in Switzerland: Maker at left holding 1st place trophy (for the third time!) at World Champio...

Gert and Connie Kok in Pretoria, South Africa

Gert & Connie Kok South Africa is a long way from most of us. However, the internet brings us together in fascinati...

Keith Stuart Phoenix in Warboys, Cambridgeshire, UK

Keith Stuart Phoenix There are a lot of good things that came out of the Covid lockdown. Many folks had a chance to do t...