Greetings from New Zealand. I was born in Cape Town, South Africa in July 1951, so that makes me an 'old bugger.’ I am trained as a toolmaker and worked for many years in the Aerospace, Research &a...
Reverand Yoginatha Swami from Kauai Hindu Monastery. The monastery web site is a wonderful place to watch the progress as these monks construct this world class temple.
A visit with Mariano to see how he makes that famous bandaged cheddar. After meeting at the American Cheese Society convention in San Francisco, we headed to the Fiscalini Farm in Modesto for a vis...
John & Janine Putnam from Thistle Hill Farm in North Pomfret VT. Producing 'Tarentaise' Vermont Alpine Cheese. An aged alpine raw milk cheese handmade on the Putnam family farm. The cheese is m...
Carol Lively and her daughter Christina Lively Spring Farm Rowe MA. True Home/Farmstead cheese making on a small scale. The Lively's have a small farm in western Massachusetts where Carol and her d...
Here are a few of our favorite cheese links from around the web. If you would like to share one, please send it our whey.
Cheesy humor to brighten up your day. These tidbits are from books, around the web and fellow cheese makers.
This guide will help you select the the right type of cheese wrap and figure out which size wrap will fit your cheese. We carry a nice variety of wraps for aging and storing cheese, including wraps...
Learn how to make a cheese cave right at home. If you want your cheese to ripen properly you have to make them a good home and take care of them like little bambinos.
Learn how to make cheese at home and have fun from milk to yum. This guide will teach you about the cheese making process with simple techniques to help you make delicious cheese at home.
Learn about the basic equipment for cheese making. You may even have some items in your kitchen, including a colander and measuring spoons. A few other items, including a dairy thermometer, curd kn...
Learn about the ingredients used to make cheese at home. Most types of cheese only need two or three ingredients, milk, cultures and rennet. These simple ingredients will ripen the milk, form curds...
Waxing cheese will help prepare it for the aging process. This guide will walk you through the waxing process and provide helpful tips for what to do when things do not go as planned when aging che...
Large packets of starter culture offer a broader choice in cultures, than small culture packs, but are intended for large batches of cheese. General guidelines, for large culture packs, provide qua...
When converting the lactose in milk to lactic acid, using starter cultures, there is no visible way to determine the rate of culture activity within the milk. Tracking acidity development is one of...
The primary reason for salting cheese, is to slow down, or stop, the bacteria process converting lactose to lactic acid. During the brining process, most of the lactose is removed. If the cheese we...
This easy to follow guide will walk you through the process of bandage wrapping cheddar cheese. The result will be a beautiful, bandaged cheddar, that is ready to be aged.
The wood shelves we use for aging cheese, are a combination of tight pine boards and ash. We generally use pine boards for drying cheese, because pine will absorb excess moisture from the cheese.
This article will guid you through common questions on aging cheese at home. From humidity and temperature of a cheese cave to preparation of the cheese before aging. Proper aging is the final step...
Great tips and suggestions for using cheese molds and pressing cheese along with making and using a saturated brine solution. Forming and pressing cheese is an important step before it can be aged....
Learn about different techniques and ways to work with curds, for both hard and soft cheese. After adding rennet, milk forms into a solid curd. Depending on the specific cheese making recipe, this ...
Learn about the different types of rennet, how to use them, and when to add rennet to milk when making cheese. In most cheese making recipes, milk is first ripened with cultures, then rennet is add...
The first stage in cheese making is to ripen the milk, during this process, milk sugar is converted into lactic acid. Cheese makers use starter cultures to control this ripening process. The same c...
This guide has information on home cheese making for beginners, including general cheese making knowledge, information on supplies and basic techniques. Our mission is to share the fun of home chee...
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