Imran Saleh This is exciting! Recently, I posted an article about Imran Saleh (click here), who is making his own cheese at his home in Lahore, Pakistan. This is very unusual for his neck of the woods, so he has been working alone to set himself up with the equipment he needs. Amazingly, he made his own double jacket cheese vat, a spinning curd cutter,
Erik Diemer (15) – He’s already teaching!
Making cheese is one of his MANY accomplishments! Erik Diemer A couple of months ago, we received this note: Hi, My name is Erik, I am 15. My mom owns Kitchen Chemistry in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania and we sell your cheese making supplies! I have to tell you how much fun it is to tell customers that THEY can make cheese! Every other week we have
Cheese Making Adventure in Belize – Part 4 of 4
This is the fourth in a 4 part series about a cheese making workshop at Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge in Belize, taught by Linda and Larry Faillace of Three Shepherds Cheese. To begin with Part 1- click here. Last day (adventure included!) That morning at breakfast, Ian asked Nadege and I if we wanted to move from our bungalows to
Cheese Making Adventure – Part 3 of 4
This is the third in a 4 part series about a cheese making workshop at Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge in Belize, taught by Linda and Larry Faillace of Three Shepherds Cheese. To begin with Part 1- click here. Day 2 We hit our stride the second day and made Quark, soft ripened cheese, Spressa and Guayanes (a soft dessert Mozzarella
Cheese Making Adventure in Belize – Part 2 of 4
This is the second in a 4 part series about a cheese making workshop at Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge in Belize, taught by Linda and Larry Faillace of Three Shepherds Cheese. To begin with Part 1- click here. Day 1 – Getting down to the business of making artisan cheese The first day of the class began with a buffet
Cheese Making Adventure in Belize- Part 1 of 4
I’m home now, but still wearing my apron! If you think making cheese is fun at home, try making it at a jungle lodge in Belize! I just got back from an exciting trip to Ian Anderson’s Cave’s Branch Adventure Company and Jungle Lodge, located twelve miles south of Belmopan, Belize. I was there for six days, attending a three day cheese making workshop taught
Three Shepherds Farm in Warren, Vermont
It’s what you would expect if you had high expectations! I felt as if I already knew Larry and Linda Faillace when I visited their farm a few days ago. I had just finished Linda’s shocking book “Mad Sheep” (2006) about our government’s raid on their small farm in 2001, when the USDA seized and subsequently killed all the Faillace’s (healthy) sheep. I was
Learn to Make Cheese at a Resort in Belize!
This is absolutely the resort of our dreams! Here in the office of New England Cheesemaking Supply, poised on the edge of winter, we are already planning our escape to the Caves Branch Jungle Lodge in Belmopan, Belize. You have to check this out! First of all, it’s a gorgeous place with “jungle bungalows,” “tree houses,” swimming pool, hot tub, 15 acres of gardens,