by Gigi | Jan 2, 2024 | FoodWISE, FoodWISE blog
I still consider fermented foods such as yogurt, cheese, and sauerkraut to be wholefoods. Natural processes of fermentation are everywhere. Milk wants to be cheeseand sour cream: it starts to sour soon after it exits the animal unless properlyrefrigerated and handled.... 
by Gigi | Jun 24, 2023 | FoodWISE, FoodWISE blog
This was pre-departure, cutting three different cheeses: Manchego I, Manchego II, Buttery Jack, Washed-rind style Télème… …and, in South Carolina… 
by Gigi | Jun 6, 2023 | FoodWISE blog
This is Paka, the water-loving cat. See Insta—gberardicat@ for the live video 
by Gigi | May 30, 2023 | FoodWISE, FoodWISE blog
It’s quite wonderful to milk our own sheep and make fresh milk cheese—in our animal ecosystem of sheep, chickens, cats. Cheese making in May, fresh sheep milk…below…Lindsay Slevin of Twin Sisters Creamery opening her caves for a Back-2-Bellingham... 
by Gigi | May 16, 2023 | FoodWISE, FoodWISE blog
Gorgeous cheese—it’s cheesemaking time again! Kilele (mom of triplets, Francis, Leo, Clare) and Sufu (mom of singleton, Big Agnes) are producing beautiful milk—high in fat and protein. The milk is ripened with cultures, and some whey saved from the previous...