Madi and Lilly Madi Shaw is truly amazing. She’s a homeschooling student in the seventh grade, but she has already accomplished as much, if not more than most adults. She makes cheese, of course: We love making mozzarella, muenster, cheddar, chevre, and farmstead. We like to add our own herbs to some of the cheese from my brother’s garden, especially basil. One of my favorite
Haydee Chavis in Livermore, Colorado
Haydee and Gordon’s ranch Is it just me, or does this look like paradise to you? Haydee Chavis and her husband Gordon live on this gorgeous ranch with 17 goats* and a young Clysedale named Ellie. Their plan is to run a carriage service when Ellie is a few years older and to build a cheese business. Gordon training Ellie Haydee entered our 35th Anniversary
Chocolate Cheese by Kim Odland
Kim Odland We love to receive recipes from cheese makers. We can’t test them all, but we can share them with you. (Be sure to leave a comment if you make this one.) Our technical advisor, Jim Wallace read this one over and made a change to the amount of culture called for in Kim’s recipe. Of course, there are millions of variations in cheese
Susan O’Dwyer in Harrisville, New Hampshire
Susan is hooking the rug at right, which she designed. Susan O’Dwyer and her husband, Barry have a small farm in southern New Hampshire with a cow, a heifer and 50 chickens. Susan has been making cheese for almost two years now. Last year, during the course of her “trials and errors,” Susan came up with her own recipe for Mozzarella. She taught a class
Leila Hobbs (9) – Science Fair Winner!
Leila Hobbs Recently, Micaela Hobbs wrote to us about her daughter’s project in her school’s science fair. Leila is 9 and in the fourth grade at Colham Ferry Elementary School in Watkinsville, Georgia. Leila’s entry was the winner of her grade level, so she and the fifth grade winner advanced to the district level. We just found out that Leila won at the district level
Tommy Reddicks in Indianapolis, Indiana
Tommy Reddicks washing up after moving a Manchego from mold to brine You know the saying, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well?” Some people just seem to do everything well. When I read Tommy Reddicks’s entry in our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest, it seemed apparent that he has become a master home cheese maker. This is, in itself, of course, very interesting. However, when
Jim Price in Stevenson, Washington
I first met Jim via e-mail when he entered our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest last fall. I read his story (below) and I wanted to learn more about him and his fascinating life. When I asked him about doing this post, he said it would be nice to be on the other end of an interview because he spent most of his working years as
Steve Murtaugh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Steve Murtaugh with his main Maoi – an Eastern Island Tiki Steve Murtaugh is a master home cheese maker. He sells his cheese at Farmer’s Markets in the Pittsburgh area. This coming summer, he plans to sell over 188 pounds of cheese! Steve was one of the entrants in our recent our essay contest. He sent his essay with a lot of pictures included,
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