Last month our good friend Bob Albers,* who lives in Mandeville, Louisianna told us about the fabulous New Orleans Fete des Fromages and we posted the schedule, etc. for the November event (click here). Bob volunteered at the festival and while he was there, he took a lot of pictures. When he got home, he wrote this review for us: Fete des Fromages (a wonderful
New England Regional Cheese Competition 2019
In 2007, Elena Hovagimian was working for Donna Woolam, the Director of Agriculture at The Eastern States Exposition (The Big E). They thought it would be fun (!) to start a cheese competition at the fair. It was a daunting effort, but Elena began collecting all the information she could. She even went to the prestigious American Cheese Society Competition where John Greeley graciously showed
Home Cheese Making Competitions
It’s a wonderful idea and, yet, it seems to be the impossible dream. Why is it a great idea? Cheese making is basically a solitary pursuit and local contests are a great way for cheese makers to get to know each other. Contests provide a way for cheese makers to get feedback from judges (the kind of feedback they don’t get from family and friends).
Cheshire Cheese Festival July 7th, 2018 in Western MA
It’s a party! If the second annual Cheshire Cheese Festival is anything like the first festival, it will be well worth a trip to western MA for the day. Last year’s festival was a huge success and we predict it will get bigger and better every year. Why cheese? This festival is based on a fascinating historic event, described in Wikipedia: Cheshire was incorporated in
Little Tidbits – 012
A tidbit is a little piece of something BIG and that something is the big, big world of cheese. We know you’re kinda busy making your own “fabulous fromage,” so, every month (on the 15th), we’re going to scour the Web for you, picking out new items of interest and giving you the links. If we missed something, let us know at info@cheesemaking.com or in
Pictures of Our Veteran’s Appreciation Day, 2016
For the last 6 years, we have been honored to share part of our work load with the Compensated Work Therapy Workshop at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare Center in Leeds, Massachusetts. The veterans in the program assemble many of our kits for us (and more). Through the years, many of these veterans and their staff at the VA have become good friends of