It’s all just beginning for the Breiteneicher family and their farmstead cheeses. We predict that in the not-so-near future, their cheeses will win many awards and they will be very well known in the cheese world. Max worked and learned at Jasper Hill, Chase Hill and Sidehill, so he knows his stuff! (He was actually the first intern Jasper Hill ever had.) 5 years ago,
Bluma’s Chevre Variations
Bluma Bier of Springfield, MA is a registered nurse at an outpatient clinic by day, and a homesteader in her dreams. Someday she may raise goats, but until then, she makes chevre with pasteurized goat’s milk she buys at a farmer’s market and with raw goat’s milk she gets from a friend who has goats. She and her husband raised 5 grown children. Now, they
Dandelion Hill Farm in Sheffield, MA
Melissa and Peter Martin have been raising goats and growing their own food for over 26 years, ever since they discovered that one of their 4 children couldn’t digest cow’s milk. A neighbor gave them some of her goat’s milk, their daughter drank it successfully and that was the beginning of a new life for the family. They immediately bought their first goat. Now the
2016 Big E Cheese Competition
A Volunteer’s Dream Come True! If you love cheese, this is the volunteer opportunity you have been waiting for. Of course, you might have to wait a little longer than you wish because the word is out – you work hard for the day of the competition, but then you leave with a LOT of cheese. It’s October now and the competition was in August,
Raw Milk Progress in Massachusetts
There are now 16 states (soon to be 17) where licensed raw milk dairies can sell their milk at farmer’s markets and through CSA’s (as well as at their own farms). The Massachusetts senate recently passed Bill S.2258* by a vote of 36-1 (and the only one who opposed it based his vote on the part of the bill which bans the use of plastic
What’s a Beer and Cheese Walk?
From what I can tell, a “beer & cheese walk” is a sedate version of a “beer & cheese crawl.” You walk around town from one participating pub to another, where they have prepared small plates of cheese and accompaniments paired with craft beers. Sometimes you pay for a ticket to travel from bar to bar, but, at the one we attended last weekend, each
Massachusetts Cheese Festival, 2015
Sunday, October 11, 2015 1-5pm, The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street We are SO happy about the activities the Massachusetts Cheese Guild has been hosting! We have known for a long time that Massachusetts cheese makers are among the best, but now it’s official! This coming Sunday, in the beautiful Cyclorama, there will be more than a dozen of
Ethan Rambacher (17) in Littleton, Massachusetts
In our August, 2014 Moosletter, we offered $25 gift certificates in exchange for essays from young people 18 years and younger. (The offer still stands, by the way and the details are here.) A few months later, Ethan contributed the following essay: Two of my favorite things are cooking and cheese. So, when my family attended a cheese making class at a nearby community