The theme this year for my Christmas gifts was cheese. Last year I got interested in cheese-making, even going so far as making my own feta, but didn’t have the real equipment and bacterial cultures to do it. For Christmas, Hillary gave me a cheese press, Hillary’s parents gave me a copy of Ricki Carroll’s “Home Cheese Making”, the bible for the amateur cheesemaker, and my brother gave me a beginners cheese-making kit which included cheese wax and bacterial starters. Last week, I gathered up my new equipment and a gallon of fresh organic milk from Rebecca’s and turned it into cheese. I just bought a dorm fridge from a co-worker where the cheese sits to age for 2-3 months. I’ll post an update when I cut it open.