Filtering Milk If you have been following the controversies regarding pasteurization and homogenization of milk, you probably already know more about milk than you ever wanted to know. However, there is one aspect of milk that isn’t controversial-filtering it. As far as we know, all milk is filtered while it is still warm from the animal. It is passed through a cloth or paper filter
New Cheese Maker#4 – Jayne Maker
Jayne Maker in Warwick, RI Jayne Maker sent us a link to her blog recently. She calls it “The Barefoot Kitchen Witch.” We were amazed at the clarity of the pictures (she learned a lot from her father, a retired photographer) and the way she describes every single detail of making cheese. She documents Mozzarella (the long way), Ricotta (with both cow’s milk
Using That Leftover Whey
Don’t lie! We know you have been throwing it out! We have done it, too. When you first start making cheese, you have enough to worry about without paying attention to the greenish-yellow stuff floating around in your pot. After all, it’s really all about the curds. However, when you get to where you’re making cheese regularly, you start to realize that throwing out the
Portrait of a Mozzarella Maker
Keith Mazzarella Keith Mazzarella makes Mozzarella for a living. Really. He thinks maybe his name led him to answer an ad for the job at Antonio Mozzarella Factory in Springfield, NJ. He got the job and he loves it: Right now we are making fresh handmade Mozzarella for various large supermarkets such as Shop-rite. I set up usually right near the deli or cheese
Fresh White Cheese Recipe from Wendy Akin
Akin Farm Akin Farm is an “pick yourself” organic vegetable farm in Terrell, TX (near Dallas). This year, they expect to plant a lot of vegetables: artichokes, basil, green beans, lima beans,wax beans, broccoli, cantaloupes and other melons, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, squash of all types, sweet potatoes, tomatoes of all types and colors and watermelons. Wendy Akin and her husband, Michie,
Happy Cow Creamery- A Special Place
Tom Trantham When was the last time you had the opportunity to see how milk is produced, from beginning to end? At the Happy Cow Creamery in Pelzer, SC, you can do that every weekday in the summer if you get a small group together (20 or more) and arrange a tour. Why is it unique? There are so many interesting aspects of this operation,
New Cheese Maker#3 – Amanda Erickson
Amanda Erickson You would be hard pressed to find a more enthusiastic cheese maker than Amanda Erickson, an architech in Portland, OR. She loves cheese. In fact, she can seldom find the time to make it because she loves going to cheese festivals, meeting cheese makers and tasting their cheeses so much. How did you get started making cheese? It all started in 2007, when
Cheese Making Workshops in Philo, Ohio
Blue Rock Station If you want to read about a very interesting farm, check out the website for Blue Rock Station in Philo, Ohio. Jay and Annie Warmke have created a center for green living, where they give tours, hold workshops, and model green technology by living in a house made out of trash (their “earthship”) with a greenhouse made out of plastic bottles. The