Fun Along The Whey

Martin Davenport in Uppermill, England

Martin (right) at the Saddleworth Wine Vault which is owned by Julian in the picture. The coin in his hand was a token ge...

Vickie Jasinsky in Dixon, California

I live in a small city in Northern California, just 30 minutes west of Sacramento. Making cheese gives me a little respit...

Ripley Casdorph in Greeley, Colorado

Ripley with cheeses he made for his daughter’s wedding in September, 2019. Ripley Casdorph is a very busy man! He works...

38 Cheesy Valentine's Day Cards

From TigerFeetCreations at Etsy. (click here) Valentine’s Day is coming and this year, many of us will be ordering our ...

Paul Schiebold in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Holding one of my mini-Crottins. (It got a little blue into it.) I am a retired environmental engineer who recently mov...

Tasha Greer in Lowgap, North Carolina

Tasha Greer Tasha has a popular website (Simplestead.com) where she chronicles her life as a homesteader in the Blue Ri...

Rebecca Noble in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rebecca Noble with with some recent makes: From center-left: Valencay, Camembert, Monk’s Cheese, Havarti w/dill, Butter...

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Cheese Masks: Cute handmade masks on Etsy. (click here) Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes: Question asked by 13 year old wi...

Sr. Mary Catharine Perry in Summit, New Jersey

Sr. Mary Catherine with her Asiago, drying on the cheese mat Sr. Mary Catharine was 22 when she became a nun at the Mona...

Fun with Cheese Crackers!

We try to give you informative articles in this blog but sometimes we just have to share our silly ideas! We thought of ...

Charles Delcambre, MD in Fancy Gap, Virginia

Charles Delcambre with a Jarlsberg in his right hand, and a Gouda #2 in his left. Charles’s Story I am a retired physic...

How to Make a Peg Mill by Yoel Blumberger

Yoel Blumberger with a 7 pound Castelmagno cheese he made and the peg mill he used when he made it. We first met Yoel in...

Ed Werner in Racine, Wisconsin

Ed with his first cheese – Swiss I started making cheese 3 months ago here in Racine after watching a video on how to ma...

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Extra Cheese Please: The new Guinness World Record is: 254 kinds of cheese on one pizza! (click here) 21 Cheese Gift Bask...

Cindy Johnston in Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Cindy Johnston This interview supports our theory that cheese makers are the most interesting people in the world. They...

Kate Johnson's Online Cheese Making Classes

We aren’t sure exactly how she managed to do it, but, when the pandemic hit, Kate Johnson pivoted from her “brick & m...

Elizabeth McReynolds in Chino Hills, California

Elizabeth McReynolds Elizabeth’s Story I’m in Southern California. Both my husband and I were born and raised here, but...

David LaGarce in Houston, Texas

David LaGarce wearing a shirt he bought for the 4th of July. Recently, David sent us pictures of his cheese making equip...

Gilded Fern Farm in Contoocook, New Hampshire

Deb Allen and her daughter, Caroline It’s exciting for us to have found a fabulous cheese maker before she has become wi...

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Tooting Our Own Horn: It seems to us that a LOT of you are making cheese during the pandemic and that makes our book the...

Bonnie Hastings in Olalla, Washington

Bonnie Hastings It’s rare that we interview a young person who has achieved Bonnie’s level of expertise in home cheese m...

Barbara Fiorica in Wilton, California

Barbara with Grace who lived for 17 years. Barbara and her husband have been raising and judging Cashmere and Angora goa...

Where to Buy Water Buffalo Milk in the U.S.

There’s just something so loveable about domesticated water buffalos, including the proper name – Bubalus bubalis. They’r...

Brigitte Ruthman in Sandisfield, MA

Brigitte Ruthman, dairy farmer and investigative reporter It’s rare that I get to interview a cheesemaker in person, par...