Category Archives: Events

Posts about Workshops, Meetings, Festivals and conferences with a focus on cheese, dairy and agriculture.

LEARN

Peter Dixon Reverse Engineering Workshop

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Peter Dixon led 17 of us on Apr 5th through a workshop on how to “reverse engineer” a cheese that we like to eat and want to learn how to make. We specifically covered four different cheeses–

–but then discussed many other typs and how to replicate specific flavors and/or textures in our own cheeses.

(starting top left, moving clockwise): Bleu d’Auvergne, Epoisses, Coupole, Crement

In addition to covering investigation and research, we tasted examples of all the cheeses and broke them down categorically. 

During the last portion of the workshop the participants had a chance to share their own cheeses with challenges to get feedback from Dixon and others in the group. Peter also shared samples of a few of his interesting current cheeses. 

It was a great day.  Thanks to Mary Belding and Jessie Dowling for organizing the workshop! 

Event

2017 Cheese, Brews & Bread

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Wesserunsett Arts Council announces this year’s Cheese, Bread & Beer festival.
When: Sunday, June 25, 2017
Where: Bigelow Brewing Co., Skowhegan, ME
Time: 12p.m. to 4 p.m.

For more info on this event, visit  www.wesarts.org festival page. To learn about becoming a vendor, see this page.

“The Wesserunsett Arts Council (WAC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit representing a good scope of Somerset County arts and cultural leaders. As we develop our cultural plan, we will add more cultural leaders from other towns within Somerset County. “

REGULATORY-NEWS

ACS Response to Listeria Outbreak in NY State

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The American Cheese Society has written a letter to the editor in response to an article published on March 10th that detailed an outbreak of Listeria illnesses linked to cheeses made at Vuelto Cheese in Walton, New York. Unfortunately the outbreak has already been linked to two deaths.

The ACS has also just released an issue of their regular member newsletter The Traditional Cheese Advocate that details the resources they have developed for member cheesemakers around the issues in food safety and raw milk cheese production.