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Basic Cheesemaking Supplies
Making simple cheeses at home requires a few essential tools and ingredients. You can buy these supplies separately, or choose the easier option: a cheese kit that includes all the essentials. These kits can be bought from online cheese supply stores. Kitchen supply stores and stores that sell beer brewing equipment typically sell cheesemaking kits and equipment too. Below is a basic shopping list for making simple cheeses in your own kitchen. Consult your recipe for other ingredients.
Summertime Cheeses
The Best Cheeses to Eat in Summer
Make a Basic Cheese Platter
Instructions and cheese suggestions for a basic cheese platter
Cheese Maggots
Cheese maggots can infest cheeses like Stilton and Roquefort
Six Steps in Cheesemaking
There are six important steps in cheesemaking: acidification, coagulation, separating curds and whey, salting, shaping, and ripening.
Raw-Milk Cheese
Cheeses Made With Unpasteurized Milk
Essential Cheese Knowledge
You can confidently walk into a cheese shop if you’re armed with just a little bit of essential cheese knowledge. Know the three milk types cheese is made from, how to spot the most common rinds, and a few different types of cheese styles.
Five Cheese Books
Five Cheese Books to Give as Gifts
Making Ricotta
This easy Ricotta recipe explains how to make homemade Ricotta in a few easy steps.
Cheese Platters
Before putting together a cheese platter, there are a few things you should know
The American Cheese Society
The American Cheese Society Promotes American Cheeses
Goat Cheese Beet Salad
Recipe for Goat Cheese and Beet Salad with Avocado Dressing
Raw vs. Pasteurized Issue
Raw vs. Pasteurized Issue
American Cheese Platter
How To Make a Basic American Artisanal Cheese Platter
Online Cheese Stores
Buying Cheese Online
Lactose Free Cheese
Lactose free cheese substitutes include rice cheese, soy cheese and almond cheese
What Are Cheese Mites?
What Are Cheese Mites?
How Blue Cheese is Made
Penicillium Roqueforti is the mold used to make blue cheese
Mozzarella Pesto Appetizer
Ciliegine Mozzarella with Pesto and Tomatoes - Recipe for Mozzarella, Basil Pesto and Tomato Appetizer
Grilled Figs with Blue Cheese
Grilled Figs with Blue Cheese - Recipe for Grilled Figs with Blue Cheese
Herve Mons
French Affineur Herve Mons Ages Cheese
Bravo Farms
California Cheesemaker Bravo Farms
The Best Cheese for Burgers
The best Cheese for Cheese Burgers
Goat Cheese and Peach Jam
Appetizer Recipe for Goat Cheese and Peach Jam
Cheese and Honey
Pairing the sweet flavor of honey with cheese is an easy way to add an exciting new flavor element to a cheese plate.
Cherry Chutney
Cherry chutney is especially good served with fresh goat cheese
Ammoniated
Definition of Ammoniated
Vegetable Ash in Cheese
Ash is used in cheesemaking for both aesthetic and practical reasons.
Quick Tips
Whether you shop for cheese at a large grocery store or a small, locally owned cheese shop, there are a few things you should always keep in mind. Knowing how to buy high-quality cheese, and how to store it, insures you will get your money’s worth.
MouCo Cheese Company
Colorado , cheesemaker, MouCo Cheese Company,
Mozzarella and Pesto
Ciliegine Mozzarella with Pesto - Recipe for Ciliegine Mozzarella and Pesto Appetizer
What is Vegetarian Rennet?
An explanation of why rennet is used in cheesemaking, the different types of rennet, and why some rennet is not vegetarian
Cheese Dome
Cheese Dome
Irish Cheese Plate
But together a platter of Irish Cheeses
Cheese Wrappings
Cheese Wrappings - What Cheeses are Wrapped In
Pairing Cheese and Wine
How to Pair Cheese and Wine
Bravo Farms' Silver Mountain
Bravo Farms' Silver Mountain Cheese
American Artisanal Cheese
A History of The American Artisanal Cheese Movement
Rice & Monterey Jack Casserole
Rice, Chicken and Monterey Jack Casserole
Bellwether Farms
Artisanal Cheesemaker Bellwether Farms makes cheese in Sonoma, California.
Cypress Grove
California Artisanal cheesemaker Cypress Grove
Gruyere Swiss Cheese
Learn about the origin, flavor, cooking uses and pairing for the Swiss cheese, Gruyere
Cheese Knives
Laguiole cheese knives make cutting cheese easy
Definition of Bloomy Rind
Definition of Bloomy Rind
One Perfect Cheese
You can serve a single cheese on a plate with great results.
Spring Cheeses
Cheeses to Eat and Buy in Spring
Rennet
Definition of Rennet
Stilton
Stilton Blue Cheese from England
Regional Italian Cheeses
Wherever you travel in Italy you will find different types of cheeses used in recipes. These cheeses are tied to the land, wine, and culinary traditions of each region.
Irish Cheddar with Stout beer
Cahill's Irish Cheddar from Ireland
Blue Cheese Mushroom Salad
Recipe for Blue Cheese and Portobello Mushroom Salad
Lazy Lady Farm
Lazy Lady Farm is based in Westfield, Vermont.
Ricotta and Polenta Rounds
This easy recipe for Ricotta and Polenta Rounds can be served before a brunch or dinner.
Brie With Pesto
Brie With Pesto
Cotija Cheese
Cotija Cheese from Mexico
Stretched Curd
Definition of Stretched Curd Cheese
Cheese and Coffee
What type of cheese pairs well with coffee?
Selles-sur-Cher
French Cheese Selles-sur-Cher
Formaggio Kitchen
Shop for Cheese at Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge or Manhattan
Armenian String Cheese
Photo of Armenian String Cheese
Cotija Cheese Salad
Cotija Cheese, Corn and Wild Rice Salad
Milk Types
Cheese is primarily made from three types of milk: goat, sheep and cow
Pasta with Roasted Ricotta and
Recipe for Pasta with Roasted Ricotta Cheese and Peas
WSU Cheesemaking Classes
Washington State University Cheesemaking Classes
Parmigiano-Reggiano
Fast Facts About Parmigiano-Reggiano
Asadero
Asadero Mexican Cheese
Blue Cheese Parsley Dip
Recipe for Blue Cheese Parsley Dip Appetizer
Quinoa and Goat Cheese
Quinoa with Multi-colored Peppers and Goat Cheese
Wild Rice with Blue Cheese
Recipe for Wild Rice with Blue Cheese
Soft-Ripened
Certain types of soft cheeses have mold on the rind that encourages the cheese to ripen closest to the rind first, then the ripening progresses towards the middle of the cheese. Such cheeses often have a runny texture closest to the rind and are firmer in the middle. <p>Examples of soft-ripened cheeses are Brie and Camembert and Triple Crème cheese.
Chicken with Greens & Ricotta
Recipe for Grilled Chicken Salad with Roasted Ricotta
Manchego
Fast Facts About Manchego
Jasper Hill Farm
Artisanal Vermont Cheesemakers Jasper Hill Farm
Cheddaring
Definition of Cheddaring
Appenzeller
Appenzeller Cheese from Switzerland
Epoisses
Fast Facts About Epoisses
Dubliner Cheddar
Dubliner is a Cheddar cheese from Ireland
Parmigiano Reggiano
Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese from Italy
Franklin's Teleme
Franklin's Teleme Cheese
Festivals and Conferences
Cheese professionals and enthusiasts attend cheese festivals and conferences to learn more about cheese and, of course, eat cheese.
Cheese at Room Temperature
Why Should Cheese Be Tasted at Room Temperature?
Polenta with Cheddar
Recipe for Polenta with Cheddar and Bacon
Cheese Appetizer Ideas
Three Ways to Serve Cheese as an Appetizer
Great Hill Dairy
Great Hill Dairy makes artisanal blue cheese in Marion, Massachusetts
Cheese - HowTos
An index of HowTos for the Cheese guide site.
Parmesan Sweet Potato Bake
Parmesan Cheese Sweet Potato Orzo Bake
Fennel with Parmigiano Reggian
Fennel With Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto and Walnut Oil
Campo de Montalban
Campo de Montalban Cheese from Spain
LoveTree Farmstead Cheese
LoveTree Farmstead Cheese makes artisanal cheese in northern Wisconsin
Maytag Dairy
Cheesemaker Maytag Dairy
Juniper Grove
Juniper Grove is in Redmond, Oregon and specializes in handmade goat cheese.
Artichoke Gruyere Dip
Artichoke Gruyere Dip is a classic appetizer.
Barick Obama
Photo of Lazy Lady Farm Barick Obama Cheese
Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam
Picture of Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam Cheese
Beecher's Handmade Cheese
Cheese Class Offered at Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle
Make a Cheese Plate For One
How to make a cheese plate for one person.
Maytag Blue Cheese
Photo of Maytag Blue Cheese
Mt. Townsend Creamery Cirrus
Picture of Mt. Townsend Creamery Camembert Cirrus
Definition of Artisanal
The definition of artisanal is a making a product with your hands
Saxelby Cheesemongers
New York Cheese Shop Saxelby Cheesemongers
Murray's Cheese - New York
Cheese Classes Offered at Murray's Cheese in New York
Gabietou
French Cheese Gabietou
Gift Ideas for Cheese Lovers
Gift Ideas for Cheese Lovers
Natural Rind
natural, cheeses, rinds
Zamarano
Fast Facts About Zamarano
Pesto
A recipe for Parmigiano, Pecorino Romano and Basil Pesto
Quillisascut Cheese Company
Quillisascut Cheese Company
Coach Farms
Artisanal Cheesemaker Coach Farm makes cheese in New York's Hudson Valley
Cypress Grove Purple Haze
Picture of Cypress Grove Purple Haze Cheese
Great Hill Dairy Blue Cheese
Picture of Great Hill Dairy Blue Cheese
The Seasonality of Cheese
As the seasons change, so do the best cheeses available.
Feta With Olive Oil and Herbs
A recipe for a quick appetizer of Feta with olive oil and herbs
Monteillet Fromagerie
Monteillet Fromagerie makes artisanal cheese in Dayton, Washington
Cowgirl Creamery
The Cowgirl Creamery is based in Point Reyes Station, California.
Beecher's Flagship
Picture of Beecher's Flagship Cheddar
Farmer's Cheese
Central Valley Creamery Farmer's Cheese
Gorgonzola
Learn about the origin, flavor, cooking uses and pairings for the Italian cheese, Gorgonzola
How to Taste Cheese
How to Taste Cheese With Beverages
Gruyere - Gruyere Cheese From Switzerland
Gruyere Cheese From Switzerland
Manchego - Manchego Cheese From Spain
Manchego Cheese From Spain
Pecorinio Ginepro
Pecorino Ginepro Cheese from Italy
Tomme de Savoie
Tomme de Savoie, french, cheeses
Definition of Homogenized
Definition of Homogenized
Starter
The Definition of Starter
Unpasteurized,
Definition of unpasteurized, or raw, milk
Tumalo_Tomme
Photos of Domestic Cheese Tumalo Tomme by Juniper Grove
Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Dante
Picture of Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative Dante
Roasted Ricotta Salata
Italian Cheese Roasted Ricotta Salata
Vacherin Mont d'Or
Fast Facts about Vacherin
Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Co-op
Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative and Cedar Grove Cheese work together to produce the cheeses Dante and Mona.
Cantal
Cantal Cheese from France
Feta
Feta from Greece
The New American Cheese
The New American Cheese by Laura Werlin
Barnyardy
Definition of Barnyardy

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