Release Party for The Cheesemaker’s Apprentice

We finished the draft nearly a year ago, and completed the final revisions early this year. Now the book is…

Building a Home Cheese Cave

The questions that most often comes in through the web site (see the contact information on the home page joyofcheesemaking.com)…

The Cheesemaker’s Apprentice

I am pleased to announce that on October 1st, 2012, The Cheesemaker’s Apprentice: An Insider’s Guide to the Art and…

Debbie in Italy, Part 4: Sardinian Pecorino

This is the fourth post from Debbie Driscoll documenting what she learned in Italy during her visit in Fall 2010.…

Debbie in Italy, Part 3: Aged Pecorino

This is the third post from Debbie Driscoll documenting what she learned in Italy during her visit in Fall 2010.…

Debbie in Italy, Part 2: Fresh Pecorino

This is the second post from Debbie Driscoll documenting what she learned in Italy last Fall. Debbie, owner of Debbie’s…

Debbie in Italy, Part 1: Cheese Voyeur in Italy

Debbie Driscoll, who has become my partner in cheese crime, visited Italian cheesemakers last fall. We spoke of her trip…

Retro-fitting a mini-refrigerator article in Culture Magazine

I came home last night to find the Spring 2011 issue of Culture Magazine in my mailbox, which I am…

Homegrown Rennet

I call myself an obsessed home cheesemaker, and perhaps to prove my point I decided this last summer to try…

Culture Magazine

My first article has just been published in Culture Magazine’s fall issue. Follow the link for the online version of…

Cheese-A-Topia Snapshots

I have been running around the American Cheese Society 2010 conference with my fancy camera having a blast. I just…

Home Yogurt Making

Yogurt falls into the category of “dairy product,” a category that also includes cheese, butter, crème fraiche, and kefir, among…

Oregon Cheese Festival

I we be making the trip down to Central Point, Oregon this weekend to attend the Sixth Annual Oregon Cheese…

“Without getting super technical, can you tell me how you make cheese?”

Recently my wife and I took our two year old daughter to our local wine shop for a Friday night…

Sunset on Home Cheesemaking

In the February edition of Sunset Magazine I was delighted to see an article on making your own cheese at…

Rennet from a Thistle?

I met Jon Clark at a recent cheese class where he was a student. Jon is currently teaching English in…

Making Feta at Home

For my first live demonstration I chose to make Feta cheese since it was relatively easy and a perfect rennet…

The Homebrew Exchange

The owners of The Homebrew Exchange let me know a little while back that they were having an open house…

DIY Cheesemakers in Portland

Portland has a great food community, including enough cheese enthusiasts to warrant a loosely formed organization of home cheesemakers called…

Not all Muensters go to heaven

I really like washed rind cheeses. So for our first podcast, Jeff Cowan and I followed a recipe for Muenster…

A Practical Introduction to Cheesemaking at Oregon State University

This week I took part in an OSU extension class called “Practical Introduction to Cheesemaking” (See flyer here). The class…

Podcast complete and published!

Editing is complete, and the podcast is up. Subscribe and listen to it on our podcast page.

Book Review: Making Artisan Cheese: 50 Fine Cheeses That You Can Make in Your Own Kitchen

Making Artisan Cheese50 Fine Cheeses That You Can Make in Your Own KitchenWritten by Tim SmithQuarry Books©2005 by Quarry Books…

Podcast coming

This last Sunday I invited my friend Jeff Cowan over to help me record the first Joy of Home Cheesemaking…

Wedge Seminar Wrap Up

I spent most of my day Saturday at The Wedge, here in Portland, Oregon. This festival of local cheese is…

Opening my first Gouda (plus my first Camembert)

I first became obsessed with cheesemaking when my wife surprised me with a cheesemaking class at Kookoolan Farms in April…

The Oregon Bounty Cuisinternship Contest

The job of your dreams? If only for a week? Sign me up! www.traveloregon.com has been running a contest to…

The Wedge in Portland, Oregon

I have to do my part and plug The Wedge festival that will be occurring on Saturday, October 3rd in…

Making Great Cheese At Home (30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to Chevre Plus 18 Delicious Cheese Dishes) by Barbara Ciletti

Making Great Cheese At Home30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to ChevrePlus 18 Delicious Cheese DishesPublished by Lark Books©1999, Barbara Ciletti…

The Joy of Cheesemaking

First of all, welcome! My name is David Bleckmann, and I am obsessed with home cheesemaking. That is my tag…