A few years back I found myself in a dusty Italian pasta shop in Vancouver, not sure how I got there but I think I was looking for some vintage pasta wheel cutters. Looking around the store old boy had a lot of clutter but everything was well spread out in a 2000 sq foot …
6 years later
It's been 6 years since my debut post, during that time I made some slight progress as an amateur cheesemaker and now I'm a bit more knowledgeable, confident with my technic, and have greatly improved on my affinage. my first post was mainly about my two entries for the first Canadian amateur competition in Picton, …
Whisky barrel-aged honey rubbed Montasio
About 4 years ago one of my favorite local organizations hive for humanity posted an interesting honey for sale on Instagram. H4H is a nonprofit society founded in the downtown eastside in Vancouver, British Columbia that works with people who are socially and economically vulnerable by helping them engage in a therapeutic culture by connecting …
Canadian Amateur Cheesemaking Competition
In January, an amateur cheesemaker that I follow on Instagram posted a press release for the first ever amateur cheesemaking competition in Canada. It is being hosted at the Great Canadian Cheese Festival in Picton, Ontario in June. After two years of making my own camembert cheese and being so close to adapting a recipe …