This Contest has closed! Deborah R has won the giveaway!
This weekend, the snow fell hard and heavy. Tucked away in our cave of a home, just a few yards from the ski lifts, I spent my weekend hearth-side – testing and photographing new recipes and making cheese to last for those cold months of late winter when the valley cows go dry before the calving of spring. This week it was a raw cows-milk feta – with wonderful salty overtones balanced by the unique and quiet flavor variations of raw milk. I love how the flavor of fresh, raw milk changes and varies from season to season depending on what native grass or flora the cows have access to. Come spring, when I have access to fresh Sheep’s milk, I plan to make an authentic ewe-milk feta and other cheeses.
Cheese making is easier than it seems, though it is time-consuming. A gentle approach and a quiet day at home is all you really need. Of course, my cheese-making adventures began with labneh – or yogurt cheese – but soon progressed to feta and chevre. I have my eye on more complicated cheeses in the coming months. Of course, I’ve relied heavily on Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carrol for my recipes. It sits on my bedside, all tattered and stained from milk, where I read it at night and fantasize about the artisan-style, handmade cheese I will eventually make.
Cheese making is a pleasure, and worth the time. Though it seems complex, cheese making is quite uncomplicated. This week, as part of the killer giveaways we’re conducting at Nourished Kitchen and through other sites focused on real food, I’ve teamed up with Cultures for Health to offer a cheese making kit and the book Home Cheese Making to one lucky, real-food-loving, adventurous reader.
The Winner
The Prize
Deborah R won this giveaway and will receive a cheese making kit of choice and the book Home Cheese Makingby Ricki Carrol courtesy of Cultures for Health.
For those of you who didn’t win this round, keep in mind that Cultures for Health is offering a 10% discount on their cheese making category. It’s a great opportunity to try a new hobby and purchase some good materials at a very good rate.
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I entered the giveaway and my favorite cheese is a medium raw cheddar made by a local family…yum.
I would make my favorite cheese, a medium raw cheddar.
I emailed a friend. Thnx for your blog…
my favorite cheese is brie!! triple cream!
ALSO I poseted in a public message board – http://wapfyolo.ning.com/forum/topics/cheesemaking-kit-giveaway
Also emailed to a friend!
MY favorite is Provolone and that is the first cheese that I would make. I love it.
Currently I’d have to say my favorite cheese is pepper-jack – makes me all warm and toasty on these cold fall evenings.
I just signed up to follow CFH on Twitter!
I entered, and I <3 blue cheese!
I’d probably try to make mozzarella first.
Following you on Twitter!
E-mailed!
I entered. I love medium raw cheddar!
I would love to try making the medium raw cheddar. We eat lots of cheese at my house!
I signed up for the giveaway. My all-time favorite cheese is a sharp Provolne.
The first cheese I’d want to make if I won is Farmhouse Cheddar.
I’m following cultures4health on Twitter (AsTheNight).
Tweet: http://twitter.com/AsTheNight/status/6672831434 (fav. product)
I signed up for the giveaway. I would have to say my favorite cheese for recipes is gorgonzola. My favorite for snacking would be either pepper jack or smoked cheddar.
I’m following NourishedMama on Twitter; here’s my RT: http://twitter.com/AsTheNight/status/6672875840.
Deborah R has won this giveaway!
If I won, the first cheese I would make would be parmesan.
I am following on Twitter. twitter.com/donnachapin
I follow Nourished Kitchen on Twitter and I retweeted the giveaway.
I would make Cheddar first if I won.
I tweeted about my favorite product, the cheesemaking kit! I think it is really neat, and I’d like to get one since I have wanted to make my own cheese.
Oops, I did the first required entry but I forgot to comment. I visited Cultures for Health and sign up for the giveaway My favorite cheese is parmesan.
I follow Cultures for Health on Twitter.
tweet
http://twitter.com/matt4melis/status/6673127826
I blogged about this giveaway. http://donnachapin.blogspot.com/2009/12/real-food-cheesemaking.html
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I emailed this to a friend. Thanks so much!
I posted to a public forum. The Weston A Price foundation page on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118062878163
Stumbled this giveaway
emailed to a friend
I love cheese! I make yogurt cheese all the time. I use it for lower cal higher protein baking. I love feta and brie and goat cheese. This would be so cool I have never tried to make other cheeses. I entered at Cultures For Health.
We live Mozzarella Cheese a lot!!
I would make Parmesan Cheese
I would probably start with the Fromagina. It sounds delish and I need some marscapone for a recipe I want to try. How cool would it be to have even my cheese from scratch.
Following Cultures For Health on twitter
I signed up for the giveaway on Cultures for Health! I enjoy garlic herb yogurt cheese.
I tweeteD:
http://twitter.com/DevNZacsMom/statuses/6673620580
I would try making a cheddar cheese first.
My favorite cheese is baby swiss.
I stumbled this : BereaMama
I am following Cultures for Health on Twitter
I am follwing Nourished Mama on Twitter
my favorite cheese right now is camambert but I would probably make chevre or feta first. The Cultures for HEalth website is fab.
Tweeted my favorite product from cultures for health.
I signed up ! Picking one favorite cheese would be all but impossible, but cheddar (especially a really aged one) and provolone would be at the top. Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome prize !
Double Gloucester is far and away my favorite…
My favorite cheese is Colby Jack!
I signed up for the giveaway and started following them on twitter. Wow! So many choices. I think a good gorgonzola would definitely be on my list–however I am such a newbie I’d be starting at the very beginning!
I’d probably try making either Colby or Cheddar first if I won.
My favorite is gouda; can I make that?!
I emailed this post to some friends!
I have always wanted to try my hand at making cheese. My family loves soft cheeses, gouda, and havarti.
this would be so much fun and I bet you can really save some money making cheese instead of buying it
I signed up for the giveaway. I think my favorite cheese is cheddar.
Even though my favorite cheese is cheddar, I’d probably get the mozzarella/ricotta kit to start with. It just sounds easier. Maybe I should read the book first!
I already follow Cultures4Health on Twitter.
I tweeted this post.
I entered. My favorite cheese is sharp cheddar.
I think I would try to make mozzarella again. We made some last winter and it turned out good, it just took a lot longer than the recipe said and we had planned.
I would make Cheddar, my favorite.
I would make a raw goats milk feta if I won
I want to win the cheese making kit, because I want to make cheese for my family, and we get goats milk for my baby daughter, and often have more than enough from the farm.
I entered. My favorite cheese is raw cheddar.
If I won, I think I would try making Feta first.
Emailed to a friend.
Following Cultures for Health on Twitter.
I entered the giveaway and my favorite cheese is mozarella.
If I won, I’d try to make mozarella, as well as feta or ricotta. Anything, really!
I entered the giveaway and I *love* provolone!
My favorite cheese is extra sharp cheddar with jalapenos!
Thank you.
I would make Mozzarella first to make a happy husband.
I signed up and my favorite cheese is a nice sharp cheddar!
I would love to make a swiss type cheese.Thanks!
I would probably make cottage cheese or farmhouse cheddar first if I won.
We have goats and therefore our own supply of raw milk. We used to make some of our own cheeses (mostly soft cheese, mozzarella, and cottage cheese); but haven’t had as much milk the last couple of years. With goat kids due in February, though, we’re looking forward to a greater milk supply and it would be wonderful to have the supplies ready for cheesemaking once again!! The book looks very helpful as well as the kit– Thank you!
I emailed it!
I like gouda
I signed up – thanks!
Entered sweep
and mozzarella is my favorite cheese or cheddar or jack or…Oh my I do like cheese.
I signed up there.
I would make cheddar with Homemade Basic Hard Cheesemaking Starter Kit
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We buy a medium raw cheddar. I’d love to make it instead.
Entered the giveaway and I’m following you on Twitter!
I’d probably start with the fresh starter culture for cottage cheese…
I entered through the link. It’s hard to pick a favorite cheese, because I LOVE them all so much!!! However, I think chevre is at the top, closely followed by blue cheese, and sharp cheddar. Ooooh, I think I could live on cheese alone.
i love a triple cream brie!
im following cfh on twitter.
and id love to learn to make mozzarella for homemade pizza night!
Mozzarella!! I would try that first.
Um, all of them?!
My favorite cheese is goat cheese.
I would make goat cheese if I won.
Following on twitter — kotekbug
following nourished kitchen on twitter and tweeted.
My favorite cheese is Monterey Jack. I signed up for the giveaway.
The first cheese I’d make if I won would be mozzarella!
I entered! As for my fav cheese, I can’t really say I have one. It really depends what I am having it with. I love ANYTHING made with goats milk, sharp provolone, jarlesberg, and horseradish cheddar
i think i would want to make gouda first
Follow Cultures for Health on Twitter
@erunuevo
Tweeted my favorite Cultures for Health product
http://twitter.com/erunuevo/status/6689426583
tweeted this giveaway
http://twitter.com/erunuevo/status/6688984398
shared on facebook
erin neu
stumbled
erunuevo
dugg this giveaway
erunuevo
emailed
(and i just realized i forgot to say i follow you already @erunuevo)
Hi, I entered Cultures for Health giveaway. I’d make mozzerella for my first cheese because I know my daughter and I would eat it but I would love to move towards baby swiss, my favorite!
Sorry here’s my comment to separate: the first cheese I’d make is mozzerella. Thanks!
I am following cultures for health on twitter, so excited!
I tweeted that I love the yogurt starters from cultures for health. I make my own plain yogurt and her starters look enticing.
I am now following @nourishedmama on Twitter and I did tweet about the giveaway.
I posted a blog on my blog page about how my daughter’s favorite food is cheese and as homeschoolers, this would be an excellent learning tool
I emailed a link to my friend Lindsay
I posted a link on Chick-fil-a’s message board on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/ChickfilA
I stumbled cheese making, poorly i think, but found a cool site featuring an Indian yogurt drink called Mango Lassi from http://www.phamfatale.com. Looks tasty!
Entered on Cultures for Health sweeps!
The best cheese looks like The Basic hard cheese.
I’d love to make the Mozzarella and Rocotta Cheese with this kit!
My mom loves making italian dishes so we could use it for her meals.
Following cultures4health via Twitter!
i love brie
I entered at Cultures for Health. One of my favorite cheeses is a marinated feta made by a farm outside of town.
I signed up for the giveway. My all time favorite cheese is Gouda.
I would make gouda.
I like muenster and cojack best!
I e-mailed a friend.
I just signed up for the giveaway on Cultures for Health. Thanks!
I entered the giveaway and love real Parmesan cheese
I would try mozzarella with the kit, but my first cheese I have made was kefir cheese.
I would love to be able to make a raw goat feta cheese!
Favorite cheese around our house has got to be anything blue… but I’d love the opportunity to make my own monterey jack. The gouda would be right up there in the top three as well!
My favorite cheese is a spiced Gouda from Grassfield’s a local dairy that makes the most fabulous raw milk cheeses. However, the first cheese I would make is probably Mozzerella, I love fresh mozz!!
Lisa
Lrimerman at comcast dot net
Ooh, an extra sharp cheddar would be fantastic! I’ve already made ricotta and yogurt and kefir cheeses, and fell in love with the results. Homemade is just always the best.
Thanks!
#1. I entered. I love so many cheeses. A good, sharp cheddar is always in my cheese drawer.
#2. If I owned the kit, I think I might make gouda first.
#3. Following Cultures for Health on Twitter.
#4. I tweeted the Excalibur 9-trey dehydrator. I’m asking for it for Christmas.
#5. I’m following nourishedmama on Twitter and I tweeted the giveaway.
Feta. It’s one of our favorites and I didn’t know you could make it at home!
#8 I emailed.
If I won, I’d want the basic hard cheese kit and I’d make a big block of parmesan with our fresh goat’s milk that we’ll have in about 5 weeks.
I posted a link on my blog:
http://packardfamilyblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/cheese.html
Already a twitter follower of both! My youngest daughter is asking for this cheesemaker for Christmas! If we don’t win, I’m definitely ordering. I think we’d make mozzarella first – feta next (her favorite cheese). I’m off to tweet about this fab giveaway and stumble too!
Posted on a message board:
http://community.babycenter.com/post/a20028305/ot_homemade_cheese
Just signed up at Cultures for Health. I would make blue cheese, my family’s favorite, even my 8 year old’s.
I emailed my friend Natalie
I emailed my friend Sam
PS
After entering the giveaway at the Cultures for Health site, it returned me to someone else’s “nourishing” blog, not yours.
Camembert rules my list of cheeses.
Hi! I signed up for the giveaway, and one of my favorite cheese is sharp cheddar.
If I win the cheesemaking kit, the first cheese I’ll try to make would probably be mozzarella. From what I understand, that would be a pretty good way to ease gently into cheesemaking.
I signed up for the giveaway, and my favorite cheese is probably a medium cheddar.
I visited Cultures for Health and I think the first cheese I could try would be the farmhouse cheddar.
I am following Cultures for Health on twitter.
I tweeted about water kefir.
I follow NourishedKitchen and I retweeted about the giveaway.
I emailed a friend about the giveaway.
I’ll try Parmesan. Just love it in my salad, acctually on EVERTHING
I haven’t met a cheese that I didn’t like, but I would have to pick sharp cheddar as my all time favorite.
I would try making Colby.
I entered the sweepstakes. The first cheese I’d make would be mozzarella, hands down.
Entered at Cultures for Health, I think I would make feta or mozzarella.
I signed up for the newsletter.
My favorite cheese is a nice sharp white cheddar.
Became a follower of Cultures for Health
Became a Nourished Kitchen follower.
Tweeted about my favorite cultured product.
Hi! Great contest!! we are getting dairy goats soon and I want to make A2 casein cheese to help my GI issues. =) My favorite cheese… hard to pick just one but probably a very sharp delicious raw cheddar. I signed up for the newsletter. Thanks!
I signed up and love taleggio!
I would get the hard cheese kit and try out the feta!
I checked out Cultures for Health and I love the products! I really want to try the french goat’s milk cheeses as I’ve always loved them and my Nubian goats should provide excellent milk for it! =)
Followed on Twitter from http://www.twitter.com/NaturallyTexan
Tweeted about the Water Kefir Kit which I also want so I can my son and me some healthy “soda”.
Already was following @NourishedMama and I tweeted about giveaway.
my fav is sharp raw cheddar….goes great on my husband’s chili
I posted about this great contest on my blog: http://naturally-texan.com/
I posted on Facebook about the contest… http://www.facebook.com/blaidd
Emailed this contest to a friend!
stumbled this and said: Great website for recipes, healthy living and more. Enter this contest to win a cheese making kit too.
I would actually love to make the feta that you just made, because I eat tons of it on my salads.
I signed up for the giveaway and my favorite cheese is Farmhouse Cheddar
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! 
I’d like to make the farmhouse Cheddar. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
want to make Farmhouse Cheddar
I have been following your blog for about 3 months. You have motivated me to seek out others interested in healthier eating. I started a group last month and there are around five of us. I would love to share this cheese making idea with the group and learn together. So far there are five of us, hopefully we can learn and teach each other a better way to health. I have told them all about your blog. Love all cheeses!!
I would make homemade swiss.
Brie is my favorite cheese in the world! I think the first cheese I’d make if I won this contest would be mozzarella.
Hi Jenny -
I am following you on Twitter.
I am following Cultures for Health on Twitter.
My favorite cheeses are Monterey Jack and goat gouda.
I Stumbled this post.
I signed up on the Cultures for Health site for the giveaway.
Thanks for hosting this contest, Jenny!
I would love to win this! I have made homemade ricotta and yogurt. I would love to be able to make some cheddar or mozzarella
arlene
Following C4H on twitter @ alteredbyme
arlene
I checked out Cultures for Health. Great website! I think I would maek mozzarella if I won.
arlene
I am following NK on twitter and sent out a tweet.
http://twitter.com/alteredbyme/statuses/6720448059
arlene9999@earthlink.net
I posted your give away on facebook
arlene
I emailed your give away to a friend
arlene
I can’t decide if I’d want to make a cheddar, Parmesan, feta, or chevre first. I love them all so much
i folllow you on twitter!
a good sharp cheddar
i like cheddar
folllow cultures4health
I signed up for the newsletter.
Cheese … ALL cheese is my fav, but I am partial to the “blues” and “buttery” cheeses
I did numbers 1-5, and 8, for 6 entries. =) I would make either mozarella or hard cheese. Can’t decide at this moment!
I have so many favorites! I love a good Gruyere, or your feta sounds tempting too!
I entered the giveaway – my favorite cheese is cheddar!
I already follow you on Twitter
Just followed Cultures for Health on Twitter
And I just stumbled this post!
I’d make mozzarella and ricotta, I think. I’ve read about making cheese and have been interested in trying it. This looks like it would be a great way to get started.
I signed up for the giveaway…thanks…
I absolutely love swiss cheese…yum….
I emailed the giveaway to a friend
My favorite cheese is farmer or cheddar. I’d love to try making one of those. I’ve made yogurt cheese. I entered the giveaway.
I emailed some friends about the giveaway.
I registered for the giveaway!
I entered the contest.
My favorite cheese is one that I get in Spain – it’s called Touchou (I think that’s how it’s spelled) and it’s seriously – to die for! A white cheese, very tender, with the most amazing flavor – not sure if it’s cow’s milk, or cow and sheep’s milk – could even have some goat milk in there. Whatever it is – it’s worth traveling halfway around the world for.
I have made mozz, cheddar, feta, and I am dying to try a simple, fresh chevre. I raise dairy goats and just started my herd over and can’t wait to make some cheese!
My favorite cheese is extra sharp cheddar.
My favorite cheese is a good sharp cheddar. I found a local, raw cheddar recently that’s cheaper than the Organic Valley I buy as go-to, everyday cheese!
I heart cheese; it is my friend!
I love Cheddar the most, thanks!
If I won I would have to make Chevere. It is so near impossible to find raw milk, soft cheeses.
I entered. I LOVE all cheeses but especially feta, swiss, mozarella and sharp cheddar
I also emailed this post to a friend.
My favorite cheese is feta, it’s tasty with just about anything. Raw is best, but raw milk is illegal here (cries).
Very intersting-I love cheese. My favorite is feta
I need help with the making of curd. mine doesn’t seem to work. the good part is I have used it for cottage cheese. i would like to learn how to make cheddar or soft mozarella.
I emailed a friend about this great giveaway!
I would make the Farmhouse Cheddar
My favorite cheese is smelly cheese especially provolone
Yes please, I would love the Basic Hard Cheese Kit–thanks for the chance to win!
kakihararocks@gmail.com
I think we’d try making a mozzarella first
singermagic1(at)yahoo(dot)com
Favourite Cheese: Friulano
following cultures4health on twitter
tweeted about cultures4health product on twitter
following @nourishedmama on twitter and retweeted the giveaway
i love all cheeses but i think i would make a sharp Provolne first
i entered the contest
We live near Amish country,so can take advantage of many great cheeses.My favorite is Colby,or Butter, depending on the day!
The only contest I saw mentioned at CFH is the one here(on the blog). I did subscribe to their newsletter,and got the e-book. Thanks!
I would like to use the Mozzarella, and Ricotta Kit.
I’m following Cultures for Health on Twitter(maxfate)
I Stumbled this.(maxfate) Thanks! Glad to find CFH.
I must be blind because I don’t see the link to sign up for your giveaway on their website…
My favorite kind of cheese is probably a gruyere or hard swiss cheese though.
I would probably start with the Ricotta/Mozzarella because they are both useful for a variety of meals.
jalapeno jack
i would like to make cottage cheese