FREE until December 31, 2017 ! We sell supplies here at New England Cheese Making Supply Co. (not cheese), but when I received an e-mail about a free food safety course, I decided to take it. It’s a $140 value, being offered free (to anyone who wants to take it) until December 31, 2017. I knew it would be up-to-date, because it’s brand new, having been
New Online Cheese Making Course!
Our friend, Kate Johnson is a bundle of energy! She raises goats at her Briar Gate Farm and she teaches cheese making classes at her school, The Art of Cheese in Longmont, Colorado. She also co-leads a 4-H club and serves as Superintendent of Utility Goats for the Boulder County Fair. (In 2014, she sent us her recipe for Chocolate Ricotta Mousse. Then, recently, we
Certifying Home Cheese Makers!
We first interviewed Kate Johnson, the founder of The Art of Cheese , a school for cheese making, in 2014 when she sent us her recipe for Chocolate Ricotta Mousse. Since that time, she has developed a unique program for the attendees of her classes in Longmont, Colorado. It’s called an “in-house certification” with levels achieved and certificates awarded. It is incredibly inspirational! As her
Three Certified Home Cheese Makers
We recently did an article about Kate Johnson’s cheese making certification program at The Art of Cheese in Longmont, Colorado (click here). In it, we mentioned that Kate has awarded 3 of her students with her Platinum-level certificate, the highest one. It means that these cheese makers have completed a certain amount of classes with Kate and have achieved the highest level. Kate had “An
Quillisascut Farmstead Cheese and School of the Domestic Arts
That’s a long name for a farm! (Quillisascut means “place of scattered bushes” in Salish (Indian).) The owners, Rick and Lora Lea Misterly have earned this long name and their fame by surviving on their farm for 32 years. From everything I have read about their place- it’s fabulous. Lora Lea and Rick Misterly (photo from their blog) In 1981, the Misterlys bought 26 acres
Cheese Contest Reminder!
Larry Faillace and Ian Anderson in the cheese house at Cave’s Branch. 6 days and 5 nights in Belize, learning to make cheese … Deadline: July 31, 2013. This could be the easiest contest you have ever won! And, the most rewarding. If you’re ready to make cheese and you want to have a good time while you’re learning, this is the opportunity of a
A Cheese Contest You Can Win!
This is a picture from the Cave’s Branch website. The rest are ones I took when I went there. Anyone Want to Spend 5 Days at a Jungle Lodge in Belize Making Cheese?! Do you remember when I went to Belize last January for a 5 day adventure which included a 3 day cheese making workshop? If not, click here to see just how fabulous
Chef Nancy Falster in East Texas
Chef Nancy and Karl Falster getting ready to “fire up” their earth oven Raising mini-cattle, making cheese and teaching a workshop in Uruguay – this is one busy lady! Chef Nancy Falster and her husband, Karl of Falster Farms in Winnsboro, Texas raise miniature Herefords and sell the beef (along with pastured pork and chicken). If you aren’t familiar with the joys of raising mini-cows,