Lesson 9: How To Make Cheese Course | The Home Cheesemaker How do I start making cheese at home? We couldn't think of a better person to talk to about homemade cheesemaking than Louella Hill. Louella is a self-style mobile-cheesemaker, aka The San Francisco Milk Maid. She literally will drive to you home, office, or jus about anywhere else, and teach you how to make cheese at …Continue Reading

Lesson 8A: How To Make Cheese Course | What IS A Cheesemonger? What is a cheesemonger? What does a cheesemonger do? How do you become a cheese monger? Why are they so important when it comes to learning how to make cheese? IS IT ONE WORD OR TWO????? (Hint: it's one...we think) Meet Veronique Kherian, cheesemonger at Cowgirl Creamery and also a blogger for Miss …Continue Reading

Lesson 7: How To Make Cheese Course | How To Find Cheese Like an errant mouse, we're always interested in how to find cheese. More to the point, how to find a great local cheese maker! Vivien Straus, who grew up on a dairy farm and helped build Straus Family Creamery, has the answer. Straus, who later went on to join the inordinately successful Cowgirl Creamery (a veritable …Continue Reading

Lesson 6: How To Make Cheese Course | The Artisan Cheese Maker While at Pacheco farms we met Sacha Lauren, owner of Winters Cheese Co. Sacha rents space at Pacheco so that her small artisan cheese making company can exist without its own creamery. Anyone looking to make cheese professionally would be wise to do what Sacha did, and get chummy with an existing creamery. Sacha …Continue Reading

Lesson 5: How To Make Cheese Course | All About Goat Cheese From John's cow paradise we venture down the road a bit to hang with Donna Pacheco of Pacheco Farms and the Achadinha Cheese Company. The Pacheco family tend both cows and goats for their cheese production. With assistance from their four kids, Donna and her husband Jim produce several award-winning cheeses, including …Continue Reading