How to create and maintain the right humidity for your cheese while it’s aging… This is a very important subject for cheesemakers and we have tried to give you as much information as we can about it: We have a large Tips & Techniques section on our website about how to make a cave and how to control the humidity using plastic boxes (click here).
The Haymonds and Their Fabulous Cookhouse
Chris Haymond and his wife, Christl created their own food processing center on their farm in Washington state. They make cheese there and all kinds of other edibles. It’s a lovely space, rivaling that of many professional cheese makers. Chris sent us some pictures he took to share with you. A Slice of Heaven We have a 12-acre hobby farm in the Pacific Northwest. We
Tatiana’s Refrigerator “Cave”
In 2015, we interviewed Tatiana Thomas who lives in Yekaterinburg, Russia – (click here). Tatiana is now selling her Camembert and she is in the process of organizing a “Mold Cheese Festival” which will celebrate dairy farms in her area. Recently, she shared her new “cave” with us because she said, “I want American home cheese makers to be able to have the same aging
How to Make an Inexpensive Cheese Cave
My Cheese Cave By Bob Albers* Cheese caves are wonderful things. Especially when you consider the wonderful things they contain and the wonderful things we get out of them. If you live in the mountains and are fortunate enough to have a real cave on your property, you are ahead of the rest of us. I live in perfectly flat country. There are only two
Using a Coolbot in Your Cheese Cave
Have you given any thought to making a walk-in cheese cave? It’s easier than you might think … Many home cheese makers use refrigerators and wine coolers to age their cheese. These are great, but space is limited. For those of you who make a lot of cheese, there is an easy, inexpensive solution – using a Coolbot along with an air conditioner (or mini-split)
Lynda and Claude Garneau in Ottawa, Canada
What a Team! Claude buys the equipment, sets it up and builds whatever Lynda needs to make her fabulous cheese. (Lucky lady!) Meanwhile, according to Claude, Lynda is an absolute cheese making kook. (We think she’s an absolute MASTER home cheese maker!) Claude and Lynda have been married for 38 years, have 4 grown kids and 5 grandkids. Lynda enjoys gardening when she isn’t making
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
Bob Munroe in Ontario, Canada
Photo by Cailin Munroe In 2012, we did a blog article about Jon Little, a cheese maker in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Jon had built a very clever cheese cave and he shared his directions with us in the article. Recently, we were having an e-mail conversation with Jon and he mentioned that we should do an interview with Bob Munroe from Canada. Bob had