My wife and I are located in Fulshear, TX, which is a suburb, west of greater Houston. I retired at the end of June, 2019 from one of the largest US oil & gas companies in the Houston area where I was involved with Marine Risk Assessment and Process Advisory. Soon after I retired, we traveled for 3 weeks to the Arctic and the Norwegian
David LaGarce in Houston, Texas
Recently, David sent us pictures of his cheese making equipment, including a re-circulation style heater system. We know from experience that you love seeing how other home cheese makers do things, so we we asked him for more pics and he sent them to us. David’s Story As a native from northern Houston, my first introduction to home made dairy products was when my uncle
Paula Barnett in Princeton, Texas
We first contacted Paula when she made a comment at our Pimento Cheese post. In it, she shared her Texas family version from the 30s-50s.* She explained that she had just started making cheese 4 months ago. We were happy to interview her anyway, thinking she might have made one or two of the fresh cheeses. But, we were amazed to discover that she has,
Jim Stone in Santa Fe, Texas
Jim Stone first came to our attention when he made a comment at one of our blog articles. He mentioned that he was making cheese twice a week, so he was glad to get the tip about using dental floss to wax cheese (click here) Jim is a do-it-yourselfer of the highest magnitude and when he isn’t making cheese, he has a seki farm and
Bill Strelke in Fredericksburg, TX
Bill Strelke considers himself to be a novice cheese maker, but we beg to differ. He has made a wide variety of very impressive looking cheeses which, unfortunately we have not been able to taste because we live thousands of miles apart. Actually, Bill himself hasn’t been able to taste many of them because he made them fairly recently and they are still aging happily
Mexican Cheese Soup
Submitted by Cindy Bighorse, a retired software engineer in Fort Worth, Texas (cindybighorse.com) This is an amazing story! Be sure to read it before you make this lovely soup… I love Mexican food. Really love Mexican food. Few cuisines can compare to the simple ingredients and spices that magically make your mouth water. That was in Texas. I had been eating Tex-Mex forever, but would
Taylor Luttrell-Williams (14) in Terlingua, Texas
Winner of Our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest Taylor’s winning essay may be found in our December Moosletter. We seem to have picked a very interesting young man to be our contest winner. See if you don’t agree when you read part of a thank-you note his mother, Glenda sent us: …Tay has maintained straight A’s, has gotten an impressive scholarship to two amazing music
Chef Nancy Falster in East Texas
Chef Nancy and Karl Falster getting ready to “fire up” their earth oven Raising mini-cattle, making cheese and teaching a workshop in Uruguay – this is one busy lady! Chef Nancy Falster and her husband, Karl of Falster Farms in Winnsboro, Texas raise miniature Herefords and sell the beef (along with pastured pork and chicken). If you aren’t familiar with the joys of raising mini-cows,