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Refreshing Whey Drink - or Homemade Rivella
Switzerland has its own soft drink that I haven't encountered anywhere else. It is a whey-based drink called rivella. I am not big on...
Jan 29, 2023
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Cream Cheese - A Lesson in Failure
Making bagels (Maple Walnut Bagels and Almond Cranberry Bagels among others), it seemed logical to make cream cheese to go with it. The...
Jan 18, 2023
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Rainbow Lasagne
Littler Bit has arrived, spelling the end of a rather tough pregnancy. My body and energy levels are bouncing back, but not so my sleep...
Nov 18, 2022
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Clotted cream
I first encountered clotted cream on a trip to Cornwall with my dad when I was 8, and I loved it. Living in Switzerland, it is...
Oct 16, 2022
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Havarti - Attempt 1
For my next cultured cheese, I made a batch of Havarti cheese. This was my biggest cheese yet, using 8l of milk, for which I had to...
Nov 26, 2021
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Fromage Blanc
My next batch of cultured cheese from my Artisan Cheese Making at Home book (actually, not mine, it's borrowed from my dad) was a Fromage...
Sep 23, 2021
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Cabécou Goat's Cheese
To be able to even attempt a goat's cheese I needed to first find goat's milk. The grocery store has cow and sheep cheese, and the local...
Aug 19, 2021
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Home-Made Yogurt
This one is half cheese journey and half recipe. I was asked for it by a colleague though, so here it is. Yogurt making is not massively...
Aug 5, 2021
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First Forays into Cultured Cheese: Cream Cheese and Halloumi
Moving forward with my cheese making turned out to be something of a challenge. Despite Switzerland being a cheese-making country (like...
Aug 1, 2021
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Cannolis
It was my mom's birthday recently, so I made her birthday cannolis instead of a cake. She's always loved cannolis but they aren't...
Jul 27, 2021
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