CHEESE.SCHOOL

The first-ever Cheese School will be April 4-7, 2013. Following in the footsteps of our craft workshops, Cheese School will be an intensive, hands-on long-weekend workshop.

Thursday – Sunday (includes overnight stay Sunday and breakfast on Monday)

We’ll start with a mixer Thursday night with nibbles and several cheeses to sample. Friday and Saturday will be chock-a-block with hands-on home cheesemaking. You’ll learn to make mozzarella, chevre, feta, paneer, and ricotta, plus butter and yogurt, and a hard cheese (TBA!). You’ll also learn to cook with both commercial and your own homemade cheese, with student participation and/or demos for many of the meals. Finally, we’ll wrap up with an artisan cheesemaking talk/demo and a paired tasting from the award-winning cheesemaker of Green Dirt Farm. You’ll leave with your own cheeses, plus a wonderful goodie bag and cooler tote with Green Dirt Farm cheese, cultures, and cheesemaking supplies.

Cheese School includes:

  • Welcome cheese party
  • 2 full days of hands-on home cheesemaking basics with Charlene Osman
  • Artisan cheese talk/demo with paired tastings from Green Dirt Farm
  • Cooking demos (some hands-on) and recipes with Nikol Lohr
  • Cheeses made with farm-fresh cow’s and goat’s milk from a small, diversified local family farm
  • 4 nights in shared guest rooms in former high school classrooms (double or triple occupancy; bring a friend or we can assign)
  • All meals and snacks
  • A take-home goodie bag and cooler tote with cheese, cheesemaking supplies, and condiments
  • Samples of all of your cheeses to take home with you
  • relaxing on the playground, snuzzles from the sheep
  • Plus a few surprises!

REGISTRATION

CHEESE SCHOOL is $485 and includes everything.  Accommodations are shared rooms in former classrooms. We also have a few private rooms available for an additional $100. Due to the season and the nature of instruction, space is very limited!

Register with a $200 deposit (refundable until March 4, 2013). You’ll pay your balance when you check in.

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LOGISTICS

GETTING HERE
You can fly into Wichita (ICT) or Kansas City (MCI) and rent a car (both about 2 hrs away). Oklahoma City (OKC, about 4 hrs’ drive) is an option if you can get a supercheap flight and don’t mind a long drive. If you’re driving, GPS can trick you into taking crazy, horrible dirt roads, so verify your route with our directions.
If you’re flying in and want to share a rental car, email Nikol. I can post your flight info so other students can try to book accordingly and split a ride.
CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT
CHECK IN after 4pm on Thursday. You can get settled in & just relax until the mixer (generous hors d’oeuvres & drinkies) around 8pm. The actual cheesemaking won’t start in earnest until Saturday, so if you need to arrive late or miss Thursday altogether, no kittens will die. Monday morning, checkout is officially after breakfast, but you can check out whenever it’s convenient for you–including Sunday night, if your schedule demands it.
CLASS SCHEDULE
Cheese School covers a lot of ground, but the tone is very casual and relaxed. We’ll get started around 10am, eat lunch around 1-ish, followed by a break, then resume until early evening. Dinner’s at 8. After dinner, you can relax on your own, or gather back up.
QUESTIONS? Email or call Nikol(@harveyvilleproject.com).