The Joy of Home Cheesemaking Podcast

A podcast covering the hobby of making your own cheese at home. An effort is made to focus on the food science behind making a tasty, artisan cheese at home that you can proudly share with your friends. See more at joyofcheesemaking.com

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Episode 3: Debbie's internship with cheesemakers in Italy

Debbie Driscoll had an amazing cheesemaking experience volunteering at two cheese factories in Italy, and we review her trip during this podcast . She visited Podere Paugnano near the Tuscan city of Radicondoli. In this video Giovanna, co-owner of the cheese plant, shows the different styles of sheep cheese that they produce. By networking while volunteering at her first cheesemaker, she managed to secure a second volunteering position at Caseificio Piandelmedico near the city of Jesi on the wes...

Feb 14, 2011

Episode 2: A Practical Introduction to Cheesemaking at Oregon State University

Debbie Driscoll joins the podcast and we go over the notes from the three day class David took at Oregon State University called "A Practical Introduction to Cheesemaking." See detailed notes on the class on the Joy of Cheesemaking blog See the Flickr stream of pictures David took during the class. University of Guelph's Cheese Page Flyer for the class Dr. Lisbeth Goddik at the Department of Food Science. Foster and Dobbs Authentic Foods (Note: There was some problem with the link to the podcast...

Nov 07, 2009

Episode 1: Making Muenster

In our first podcast we prove we are real cheesemakers and make a cheese during the podcast. Jeff Cowan joins and helps me make a Muenster styled cheese. We also cover the basics of what it takes to make cheese, and what equipment you need if you are starting out at home. Credit goes to DeejayDebi on the cheeseformum.org forum for posting the recipe we used for this podcast. I used her recipe because it looked simple and from her post it looked like a recipe that she has used more than once. Fin...

Oct 19, 2009

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