{ Cheese Making 101 }

This weekend we got to take a cheese making class offered at Hedgebrook - a retreat for women writers. Now, you may wonder what cheese making and a women's writing retreat have in common. Well, Hedgebrook supports women writers ("women authoring change") but they are also strong stewards of the land. Writers in Residence eat the food that is grown on the property by Cathy B. the head gardener extrodinaire and prepared brilliantly by Chef Jess. Chef Jess decided this weekend (while the retreat is without the usual level of creative genius for one week) to throw open her kitchen and share one of her many talents with about a dozen of us.

We visited the local creamery and milked goats and then returned to Hedgebrook to learn the wonders of feta, chevre and keeping things sterile (yes, Jess, we really were listening). Jess fed us a fabulous lunch, served us wine and then let us take away our own custom blended feta and chevre cheeses.



My friends that took the class the with me have all committed to gathering once a month or so and making cheese...now if only Chef Jess would send over the wine!

Learn more about Hedgebrook at: http://www.hedgebrook.org/