The Cheese Queen has officially decreed that everyone in the cheese kingdom must read this book immediately: Walking to Listen By Andrew Forsthoefel Right now, he’s staying at Ricki’s house while he looks for his next home, but in 2011, Andrew Forsthoefel strapped 50 pounds of stuff onto his back and set out walking from Philadelphia to California. He had a little sign on his
Ricki & Sarah at Mother Earth News Fair
From Ricki (aka The Cheese Queen) with Love In May, my daughter Sarah and I took a trip to Asheville, North Carolina, to a Mother Earth News Fair where we taught 2 workshops. This really dates me, because, we used to do some writing for Mother Earth News, which started in 1970, just a few years before we moved to Ashfield in 1975. We started our
Holiday Party 2017 with Our Team of Veterans
The Northampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds, MA has a very successful Compensated Work Therapy Program for veterans. We have partnered with this program for several years and every year we have great fun hosting a holiday party with the veterans and the staff at our shop. We eat and play games (where we generally make complete fools of ourselves!) and we send them
Veterans Appreciation Day, 2017
For the last 7 years, we have collaborated with the VA Healthcare Center in Leeds, MA to provide work for veterans at the Compensated Work Therapy Workshop. The veterans in the program help us package our kits and other products. They do a great job for us, so we try to express our appreciation. We bring them lunch and gift bags which consist of little
Making Fabulous Fromagina!
Her Story You may not know our friend Fromagina – she’s the lovely daughter of Mr. Fromage Blanc and Ms. Mascarpone. Ricki (the Cheese Queen) made this match 30 some years ago at the Royal palace, and now, Fromagina is celebrated far and wide, throughout the kingdom, for her soft, creamy texture and her sweet taste. Beyond the Kingdom Making dates stuffed with Fromagina has
Staff Profile: Kathy Conley
Kathy Conley has worked at New England Cheesemaking Supply Co. longer than any other member of our team – 22 years in July. If you have ever called us to place an order or to ask a question, there is a good chance you have spoken with Kathy and you probably remember how helpful she was. There are probably very few people in the cheese
Holiday Party for Our Team of Veterans-2016
Every year around this time, we have a holiday party for the veterans who work for us through the the Compensated Work Therapy Workshop at the VA Healthcare Center in Leeds, MA. It’s a great program and we are exceedingly grateful for the fine work they do for us. (If you are in our area and have work you might be able to sub out
Our Holiday Party with the Veterans
This year we carried on with our tradition of inviting the veterans who work on our team (assembling our kits, etc) to come from their workshop in Leeds* to our shop in Whately for a holiday party, with food, song and bingo. We really appreciate the work they do for us and it’s fun for us to have the opportunity to get to know them