New, revised cheese press
 

We have started small-scale cheese making using local goat milk. This page will have a bibliography of cheese making books, links, techniques and recipes.  There won't be many recipes until we get a lot more experienced!
Bibliography of Cheesemaking books  (these are in our own collection and are not for sale) Ash, Rita Cheesecraft 1988 reprint Carroll, Ricki & Robert Cheesemaking Made Easy, 1986 (Good place to start! New version is supposed to come out late 2002.) Davis, J. G. Cheese Vol. 1 Basic Technology, Vol. 2 Annotated Bibliography with Subject Index (Vol 3. Practical & Vo. 4 Scientific missing), 1965 Ehle, John The Cheese & Wines of England & France with Notes on Irish Whiskey, 1972 (My current favorite cheesemaking book. Very readable.  Has historic recipes for obscure or extinct cheeses. It isn't neccesarily easy to turn the directions and discussion of specific cheeses into a real recipe.) Hobson, Phyllis Making Cheese, Butter & Yogurt 1980 Kowsikowski, Frank V.  Cheese and Fermented Milk Foods, 3rd printing with revisons, 1970 (Lots of photos of small factory made cheeses) Le Jaouen, Jean-Claude The Fabrication of Farmstead Goat Cheese 1987 Nilsson, Anne The Art of Home Cheesemaking 1979 (Information on Scandinavian farmstead cheeses.) Pearl, Anita May Completely Cheese: The Cheeselover's Companion 1978 (Classification of cheeses, discussion of cheesemaking.  Half of the book is recipes using cheese.) Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1999, Milk: Beyond the Dairy (Wonderful  essays on milk and milk products throughout human history!) Radke, Don Cheese Making at Home: the complete illustrated guide, 1974 Scott, R. Cheesemaking Practice, 2nd edition1986 (textbook) Sokol, Shane And That's How You Make Cheese!, 2001 (Practical, basic cheesemaking information.Recipes are for one and two gallons of milk.) Squire, John Cheddar Gorge: A book of English cheeses 1938 Thear, Katie Home Dairying, 1983, (Good basic information on setting up and running a home dairy. Recipes are for one and two gallons of milk. This is the book I turn to first when planning a cheese recipe.) USDA Cheese Varieties and Descriptions, 1978 revised.General directions for many kinds of cheese.
Some links to cheesemaking suppliers and information New England Cheesemaking Supply Company  supplies for home cheese making Glengarry Cheesemaking and Dairy Supply Canadian company Hoegger Goat Supply supplies for home cheese making and everything else for milk goats Fias Co Farm cheesemaking techniques Cheese Recipes recipes and directions for making a cheesepress from Jack Schmidling Hometown Creamery Revival News subscription information, links, course and events Artisan_Cheesemakers List, a Yahoo discussion group
Recipes For Making Cheese
Recipes Using Home Made Cheeses
Percentage of Fat in Kinds of Milk

 
 
 
 
 

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