Lauren Kincke and her mother love to make Mozzarella!
Lauren is a second generation foodie. She and her mother, Dee Kincke, have a blog they call “Fresh From the Heart of Texas.” Lauren has her own blog called “Bytes From Texas: One Longhorn’s Adventures.” If you’re looking for some good recipes, check them out.
I asked Lauren how she came to be a foodie:
I grew up with two parents who are very capable cooks so it was something I was always exposed to. My mother trusted me early to do a little bit of cooking, as a kid on weekends while the parents slept a little later than the crack of dawn I would microwave eggs (I wasn’t allowed to use the stove) and mix up various concoctions.
I didn’t cook a ton until I got out of college, then it started out as baking, it was an easy thing to do as a ‘stress’ reliever after work, plus there was the added bonus of being able to take stuff to work and/or friends so that I didn’t have to be surrounded by tasty but fattening cookies, brownies, etc. Slowly I started adding savory non-dessert type cooking to the mix and really it’s what has taken over in the last few years. My love of cooking has expanded into an obsession with sourcing cool new ingredients, exploring great restaurants in the area and really digging into new methods and cuisines.
By day, Lauren works as a Data Account Manager (analyzing data) for a network software company in Austin. It seems appropriate that the name of the company is “Spiceworks.” She also has a summer garden and she will be growing her first winter garden this year.
We had a fantastic time making the mozzarella, it was such a cool experience to see it come together in such a short amount of time and is a truly unique thing to produce your own cheese. I can’t wait to try other recipes and to further explore this niche of cooking that is really a combination of science, cooking and art that I had no idea would be so easy to experiment with.
Angie's Recipes says
wow…this is for sure a masterwork! I have never made mozzarella myself, thanks for sharing the recipe, tips and fun!
Angie