Ooooh! Burrata!!! Suzanne has done it again this month, conquering yet another mouth-watering pasta filata cheese. Who knew that from the hills of West Virginia, home of Chickens in the Road, would emerge such a fine cheese maker, able to create her own recipe and generous enough to share it with the entire Cheese Queen’s kingdom? And who knew there would be a giveaway, too?
Smoked 30 Minute Mozzarella by Jayne Maker
The Barefoot Kitchen Witch has done it again! We’ve featured a couple of Jayne’s posts about making cheese because she’s just so good at it (farmstead cheddar and feta)! She first started doing it a couple of years ago and she took to it like a duck to water-in other words, she rocked! In the beginning, Jayne was a careful follower of directions, but now
Osth Family Farm in North Zulch, Texas
The Osth Family Joan and Johan Osth (pronounced “ost” which means cheese in Swedish) are headed for self-sufficiency on their farm in North Zulch, Texas, population 2,516. Making their own cheese from their own cow’s milk is, of course, an important part of the dream. Joan Osth Joan was extremely excited when she first started making cheese a few months ago. She had made her
Brian Dixon – On Making Mozzarella in Alaska
At first, he wasn’t sure he would ever be able to make cheese … Brian Dixon first tried to make our 30 Minute Mozzarella a few months ago, but his attempt was a dismal failure (excuse me – learning experience!). He learned the hard way that his milk had been pasteurized at too high a temperature. He took pictures and sent them to our technical
Mother and Daughter Foodbloggers on Making Mozzarella
Lauren Kincke and her mother love to make Mozzarella! Lauren is a second generation foodie. She and her mother, Dee Kincke, have a blog they call “Fresh From the Heart of Texas.” Lauren has her own blog called “Bytes From Texas: One Longhorn’s Adventures.” If you’re looking for some good recipes, check them out. I asked Lauren how she came to be a foodie: I
Making Mozzarella with Anya, Age 10
If you don’t believe that making Mozzarella is so easy a child can do it, here’s your proof! Anya Firisen is 10 years old and she already knows more about cheese than most of us. Ricki met her when she attended a Cheesemaking 101 Workshop with her former pre-school teacher this past summer. Soon after, Anya appeared in an article in Culture magazine (Fall, 2010)
New Cheese Maker#6 – Sharilyn Clowes
Sharilyn Clowes You may remember Sharilyn from an article we did last month. We showed you her pictures from A Fromagerie in the Pyrenees. She and her husband, Brian, are back from their trip to Europe now and they have settled down in Ontario, Canada. Sharilyn had mentioned that she was interested in making cheese herself. So, to thank her for letting us show