Sure, you could craft your own block of cheddar cheese, create some Havarti or whip up a batch of gorgonzola. But why would you want to? Most cheeses require rennet, an enzyme found in the stomach of ...

SURVEYING the bounty of a well-stocked cheese counter, the pungent blues, luscious triple creams and exotic washed rinds, it’s easy to forget the real cheesemakers — the ones that bleat, moo and hoof ...

Sure, you could craft your own block of cheddar cheese, create some Havarti or whip up a batch of gorgonzola. But why would you want to? Most cheeses require rennet, an enzyme found in the stomach of ...

Sure, you could craft your own block of cheddar cheese, create some Havarti or whip up a batch of gorgonzola. Homemade cheese. (Hillary Levin/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS) But why would you want to?

That is, it divides the milk into curds (lumpy white things) and whey (a thin, chalk-colored liquid). The curds make the cheese. In fresh cheeses, they are drained of as much whey as possible and then ...