Drew’s Story Hello from St. Catharines, a city in Canada near Niagara Falls! The Niagara region is famous for its wineries and tourist attractions along with fresh fruit and vegetables purchased right off the farm. I work in IT for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) helping to procure, build, integrate and support transportation related business applications. These days, we’re working from home, due to
Mike’s “Cheddarish with Camembert Outside”
Mike Preece from Wales contacted us recently to share his cheese experiment. We love hearing from our customers when they “go rogue” with our recipes (or should we say, “go Roguefort?”). Here’s an example of the agony and ecstasy involved in the process of trying something different. (If you have experienced this yourself, we would be thrilled to hear from you also –jeri@cheesemaking.com.) How It
Making Poutine with Homemade Cheese Curds
Poutine is a Canadian dish which originated in Quebec. It basically consists of french fries with cheese curds on top, smothered in gravy. It is sold everywhere throughout Canada (even by McDonald’s!). Because it’s so popular, it is very easy to buy frozen or fresh cheese curds and cans of poutine sauce in Canada. Not so in most regions of the US. We have to
Coffee Cheese by Chris Kridakorn-Odbratt in Laos
Chris is one of the most interesting celebrities to contribute to our blog and we are very grateful. (See below for more info about him). When he sent us this recipe from his resort in Laos, he wrote, “Here is an interesting cheese… A specialty from Lapland, the area in Sweden, located above the Polar Circle. I think you will enjoy this somewhat peculiar cheese.”