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FarmsteadNY Times on Stichelton (Raw-milk Stilton)
Wisconsin Cheesemakers in Their Own Voices
Via Cheese Underground.
Cheddarvision Update: Wedginald Auctioned on Ebay
CheddarVision
Now I know what you're going to say: watching a cheese age is quite a soporific endeavor. In fact, the West Country Cheesemakers acknowledge this very notion in their press release: "Some might say this is the most boring website of 2007, but our cheese is worth waiting for so it’s better than watching paint dry...just.”
Evans Creamery
When asked how long he has been working his farm in Norwich, NY he replies with a simple, “Well, forever.” Dave grew up on the farm and was a young man when dairies around the Northeast started to disappear. Between 1980 and 2000 the number of New York dairy farms shrank from 19,000 to 7900 farms. At last count, that number is down to 7000. Evans wasn’t the only small dairy farmer to notice. In 1996 the Northeast Dairy Compact signed into law to help regulate the wholesale price of milk. The intent was to
Spelunking with Marian BurrosIn today's New York Times, Marian Burros has an interesting article sure to interest many a curd nerd. It's all about caved-based affinage, with a particular focus on cheesemakers from the Northeast US. She talks about the aspects of cave-aging that can affect the ripening of a cheese, the trend in the American farmstead cheese industry toward more and more cave-aging, and she also offers tasting notes that compare cave-aged and non-cave-aged versions of the same cheese. And no article about cave-aging would be complete without mention of Mateo Kehler, owner of Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont. Mateo, of course, is the man who took Cabot's Clothbound Cheddar, aged it in his caves, and walked away with the American Cheese Society's Best in Show award for 2006.
Book To Read
Bus Trip to Sprout Creek Farm
Cheese of the Week - Meadow Creek Dairy Grayson
Located in the mountains of southwestern Virginia, Meadow Creek Dairy is a small family farm dedicated to sustainable agriculture. Using a system called intensive grazing management, Meadow Creek ensures that the herd is enjoying fresh pasture from Spring through Fall. This system of seasonal rotational grazing makes for cheese that
What happened to the NY State Farmstead and Artisan Cheese Makers Guild?Last summer I went to a really fun event at Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie, NY, hosted by the New York State Farmstead and Artisan Cheese Makers Guild. It was called "Cheese Day" and it featured talks from cheese makers and fromagers alike, as well as tours of the cheese making facilities at Sprout Creek and basic cheese making workshops. I was looking forward to going back this year, but it doesn't appear to be happening. And the guild's website, once an informative repository of New York State-related cheese links, events, and resources, has been down for months. Does anyone out there know what's going on with this organization? Have they folded already, or are they just going through a transition?
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