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Andrea Lewis - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Andrea Lewis

Andrea is a new startup cheese maker and what drew her to my attention was the number of progressive questions she kept as...

Sister Joanna

Sister Joanna

Sister Joanna leads the sisters of this monastery in making their own cheese. From their small herd of 8 cows, the sisters...

Terry and Linda Clapp - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Terry and Linda Clapp

This is true Home or Farmstead cheese making on a small scale. Just to get started we would like to show you the before an...

Cheese Makers Traveling Through Spain - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Cheese Makers Traveling Through Spain

This is my first trip to Spain for this so it shows a lot of how I go about making contacts. Its really like opening a sur...

Cheese Makers Traveling Through Italy - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Cheese Makers Traveling Through Italy

Susan Marquis from Arlington VA. has been a cheese lover and home cheese maker for quite some time now. She sent us these ...

Labneh Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Labneh Cheese Making Recipe

This is something my family has made for years, and we were taught to make it this way while living in Saudi Arabia. It is...

Queso Fresco Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Queso Fresco Cheese Making Recipe

I have used your Queso Fresco instead of mozzarella in pizzas and lasagnas and my family loves it. It melts beautifully, e...

Problems with Ultra Pasteurized Milk - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Problems with Ultra Pasteurized Milk

Problems with Ultra Pasteurized milk (UP) and how it affects 30 Minute Mozzarella Cheese. Unfortunately UP milk is here to...

Milk and How it Has Changed

Milk and How it Has Changed

Years ago, we started making cheese with milk, oh what a joy. Making and aging our own cheeses. One day things were not qu...

Cheese Makers Traveling Through Republic of Georgia - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Cheese Makers Traveling Through Republic of Georgia

A few years ago, Ricki had the pleasure of visiting the Republic of Georgia, formerly part of Russia to sing with a group ...

Yogurt Cheese Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Yogurt Cheese Recipe

Yogurt Cheese may be made simply by draining the whey out of you yogurt. All that is needed is to make your yogurt and dra...

Shankleshe Cheese Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Shankleshe Cheese Recipe

Shanklish, the word is either derived from Arabic or Turkish, I'm not sure. But it is very popular in Lebanon and Syria an...

Saint Maure Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Saint Maure Cheese Making Recipe

A soft Goats milk cheese, shaped in an elongated cylinder or log. The paste is white and creamy with no holes and has a sm...

Queso Blanco Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Queso Blanco Cheese Making Recipe

Queso Blanco is a South American cheese similar to the Indian cheese Panir. It is an excellent cooking cheese.

Ostkaka Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Ostkaka Cheese Making Recipe

This is a Swedish, Scandinavian, dessert dish, traditionally served at Christmas. Not really custard and not really cheese...

Lemon Cheese Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Lemon Cheese Recipe

This rich and delicious cheese may be made in the evening and will be ready to spread on hot croissants for breakfast! It ...

Latvian Easter Cheese (Pashka) Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Latvian Easter Cheese (Pashka) Recipe

Oma's Pashka submitted by Brent Alderman Sterste My father's family is Latvian and we make a sweet Easter cheese called Pa...

Juustoa Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Juustoa Cheese Making Recipe

This Finnish, squeeky cheese recipe from Eleanor Miller in MI is eaten in cut pieces put into your morning coffee, or simp...

Oma's Janu Siers (John's Cheese) - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Oma's Janu Siers (John's Cheese)

Submitted by Brent Alderman Sterste. Traditionally made for the summer solstice - the longest day of the year.

Guban Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Guban Cheese Making Recipe

This is a Lebanese cheese using the simplest of ingredients. This finished cheese may be used in Lebanese round bread alon...

Fromage Blanc Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Fromage Blanc Recipe

Fromage Blanc is a wonderfully creamy cheese that may be used in place of cream cheese in any recipe. I love to use this i...

Farmers Cheese Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Farmers Cheese Recipe

There is a lot of variation in this white cheese because each person makes it slightly differently. Usually, whole milk is...

Edam Cheese Making Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Edam Cheese Making Recipe

Traditionally a Dutch cheese, made with partially skimmed milk & eaten when young. Edam has a subtle texture and a del...

Cup Cheese Recipe - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Cup Cheese Recipe

This is a Pennsylvania Dutch Cheese made by the Amish and Mennonites since before the time of the Americna Revolution. Thi...

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