Butter Candles: Melting over bread! (click here) Storing Cheese Properly: Everything you need to know (really!). (click here) Making Parmesan-Reggiano: Video showing how $1000 wheels of cheese are made. (click here) Cheese Exports: The top 12 countries selling cheese to the world. (click here) Cheese Board Additions: Unique(!) foods to pair with cheese. (click here) Recipe of the Month: Cheesy, spicy black bean bake. (click
Kylie Carnegie in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kylie is just starting her cheesemaking adventure, thanks to the gift of a workshop she attended last summer. Her story reminds us that workshops make the best gifts for aspiring cheesemakers. (As a bonus, after the workshop, the giver becomes the happy recipient of homemade cheese!) Kylie’s Story I live with my family in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – my husband Andrew, our 2 teenagers, Felicity
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Goat Cheese & Chive Biscuits: Perfect for Holiday meals. (click here) Blue Cheese Origin Story: It has a lot to do with Wisconsin. (click here) Winner of World Cheese Awards: Le Gruyère AOP surchoix. (click here) Miniature Cheese Board: A woman prepared it for a mouse living in her basement. (click here) Pea Protein: Fermented yellow peas may be the future of plant-based cheeses. (click
Fat Sheep Farm in Hartland, Vermont
When Suzy Kaplan & Todd Heyman decided to get married, 6 & 1/2 years ago, they made a plan for their lives together: Buy a farm on top of a mountain in Vermont. Have kids. Grow vegetables and fruit. Raise sheep and make cheese with the milk. Build cabins and rent them out for farm stays. It sounds doable until you get to step 4.
Marybeth Bullington’s Orange-Walnut Holiday Cheese
Good news! It’s not too late to make cheese for the holiday season. Caerphilly is one that needs only 3 weeks to ripen and it just gets better and sharper after that. Recipes for Caerphilly abound, including 3 in the archives of this very blog if you do a search for it – Caerphilly with Suzanne McMinn in 2011, Caerphilly with Enola G. in 2012,
Gift Ideas for Cheesemakers and Cheese Lovers
The giving season is coming up! It’s a little early but we think it’s a good idea to plan ahead because it seems like inventory is diminishing everywhere. We picked out a few interesting gifts, and you can let us know if we missed any in the comments section or by contacting us at jeri@cheesemaking.com. Tools for Cheesemakers Tools for Cheese Lovers Edibles for Cheese
Cheesemaking Classes in the U.S. (Current)
We first made this list in 2011 and updated it in 2016. A lot has changed since then and now, due mainly to Covid, the list is much shorter than it was. Another big difference is that there are many more virtual classes available. Youtube has hundreds of them. Some of the places listed below offer both in-person and virtual classes. We are hoping to
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Results are In: List of winners of 2022 American Cheese Society Competition. (click here) Making Burrata: This short video shows the technique. (click here) Grilled Cheese Tips: One is to spread mayo instead of butter on the outside. (click here) Alcohol From Whey: Gavin Webber makes Blaand in his latest video. (click here) 4 Milk Cheeses: After the floods in Queensland, Australia, these cheesemakers combined