It isn’t every day that we hear from a home cheese maker in Russia! And it isn’t every day that we correspond with a fascinating a young woman (34) who has won writing competitions and traveled to 10 countries in Europe, Asia and the Mideast. Tatiana confirms our longtime belief that cheese makers are the most interesting people in the world. Tatiana lives in the
We Appreciate Our Team of Veterans
It’s been 6 years since the Cheese Queen first heard about a program for veterans called the Compensated Work Therapy Workshop. She contacted the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare Center in Leeds and with the help of one of their vocational counselors, Tom Haskell, she transferred some of our assembly work to the program. Through the years, we have gotten to know many of our
3 Reasons to Sell Your Homemade Cheese & 1 Reason Not To
You started making cheese and you love it. Your family loves it, your friends love it, your assorted holiday gift list loves it. It’s just a big love fest and your “cave” runneth over. Everyone says, “Why don’t you sell it?” And, you begin to think about this. Why not? You have an abundance of milk from your own animals or access to raw milk
I Struck Gold on Etsy!
How This Began I loved the whole idea of Etsy when I first heard about it (over 5 years ago). In case you don’t know about it – Etsy is the website where artists and crafters sell their wares. When I first began ordering my kefir grains from it, it was relatively small and low tech. Now, it’s huge and it has become the fifth
Barbara Crudale in West Kingston, RI
Why do they call it a “hobby farm” when it’s so much hard work? A hobby is an activity you do at your leisure and raising goats is not that! Fortunately, Barbara and her husband have 4 sons to help with their hobby farm while they work full time, raise and milk a small herd of goats, tend a vegetable garden, gather honey from their
Cool Crispy Cheese Bowls!
This was quite possibly the most fun I have ever had in the kitchen! I was having a little dinner party (5) and I wanted to try making cheese crisps – those little round ones you put in salads. I looked up recipes online and there were hundreds of them – probably because it’s so easy. Then I noticed a few recipes for cheese bowls
10 Tips for Aging Your Natural Rind Cheeses
Or, as the song might go, “We’re just a flippin and a rubbin…” Natural rinds – that sounds so easy – just you and your cheese growing old together with no barriers between you. (We know all about your love for that cheese you made so carefully. You promised yourself nothing would come between you and it, didn’t you?) Well, it is easy. All you
Can You Age Your Cheese in Clay?!
OK, you can call me crazy but I’m serious. And I don’t know the answer. I’m just hoping one of you will. (If anyone is doing it successfuly, I will certainly try it.) This all began with a thread I followed in the Cheese Forum. “Stinky” in California points out that in Gianaclis Caldwell’s book, “Mastering Artisan Cheese Making” she refers to the practice of
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