Meeting: Holiday Party at Kennebec Cheesery in Sydney

Posted on November 9, 2015January 28, 2016 by Monroe Cheese Studio

Our annual Holiday Party took place on Sunday, December 13th from noon to 4pm. Our host Jean Koons and her Kennebec Cheesery family provided an elegant space in which to taste some Holiday Cheese — a Romano-type that folks made around the Fourth of July…then we all enjoyed a pot luck lunch, a brief business meeting, and a Holiday Quiz.

We tasted Romano and Romano type cheeses made with goat, sheep, and cow milk, including a PDO Romano

A *small slice* of the goodies laid out for the Holiday Party

Spiritual Curds

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by Monroe Cheese Studio

Any one who has attended the American Cheese Society conference in the last few years will recognize Veronica Baetje, if only from seeing her climb the stage at the awards ceremony to pick up her numerous ribbons. Now she and her goat cheeses from Missouri are profiled in the NY Times.

Companion Piece

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by Monroe Cheese Studio

What goes better with a dead-ripe piece of cheese than a crispy sweet-tart slice of apple? There’s an interesting piece in the NY Times today describing some of the newest apple varieties and what today’s fruit breeders are focusing on.