Kümmelkäse (Caraway Cheese) By Bob Albers* July 5, 1917! That date isn’t reported in the history books the way it should. We celebrate Washington’s birthday, Lincoln’s birthday and numerous others throughout the year. Yet, we somehow neglect to celebrate the birth of the world’s greatest father, Henry Albers. I know many of you will nominate others for this accolade but, as I don’t know them,
Gouda Goat Cheese Recipe from Marblemount Homestead
Only Two Hours Northeast of Seattle … If you’re lucky enough to live in the Northwest, you have a great opportunity to take all kinds of back-to-basics classes, including cheese making at Marblemount Homestead in Marblemount, Washington. Corina, her husband, Steve and their three children live off their five 1/2 acres of land close to the North Cascade National Park. It’s truly amazing how much
Gouda with Tara Tarbet
Making cheese is a good skill to have when you live on a farm in Highland, Utah We first “met” Tara, when she wrote to us with a tip for other cheese makers which I posted in the September, 2010 Moosletter. I asked her for a blog interview, so she became our New Cheese Maker #10 that same month. Then, recently I was researching something
A Gouda Time With Suzanne McMinn!
Suzanne is actually becoming quite the little cheese maker! Who knew? When we first found her at her wonderful website- Chickens in the Road, we knew she was a mover and a shaker, but we couldn’t have predicted that she would take to making cheese like a bee takes to honey! This month she mastered Gouda with no trouble at all – it was so
Larry Todd on Making Gouda
Flinging Wax in His Retirement! Larry Todd in Billings, Montana knows what he’s doing when it comes to making cheese. But I had to laugh when he told me about a little accident he had with his wax: I went to wax a 1.5 lb Parmesan wheel and didn’t have a good enough grip on it. I ended up dropping it in the wax