Monday's agriculture website - Gourmet Sleuth

Ever wanted to try your hand at cheese making? The website the Gourmet Sleuth has several cheesemaking recipes. In addition to recipes for hard cheeses, such as cheddar, and soft cheeses, such as blue, it also lists recipes for yogurt and sour cream.

The goal of the Gourmet Sleuth is to help inform and educate people interested in food, cooking and eating. The company's staff writes culinary articles on various foods and cooking topics and publishes recipes that take a "how to" approach.

The site also has a store of "novelty" and hard to find kitchen items and products in addition to maintaining a huge database of food and beverage related sites. The Gourmet Sleuth staff also provides research on food and cooking product related questions for readers.

Top blog posts of the year on Cow Art and More

In case you missed them, here are the top five most read blog posts for the year on Cow Art and More:

The list of favorite agricultural websites by Janice Person

The founding of Cow Art and More

A masterpiece in the making - All the colors of the countryside (a guest post by Michele Payn-Knoper)

Meet artist and future dairy nutritionist Laurie Winkelman

Monday's agricultural website of interest: Gourmet Sleuth

Monday's agriculture website of interest: ICE CREAM RECIPES

*For those new to the Cow Art and More Blog, every Monday, gallery owner and jewelry artist Kathy Swift shares an agricultural website or article of interest with readers.*

Did you know that when Ronald Reagan was president, he designated July as National ice cream month?  To celebrate, I wanted to share with readers the Ice Cream recipes site.  It has a few basic recipes to get everyone started on making that perfect batch of homemade ice cream.  There is even a recipe on how to make a Baked Alaska.

Monday's agriculture website of interest: FOOD FESTIVALS

Who can think about agriculture without thinking about what happens to the food we grow? Today's agricultural website of interest is a listing for food festivals in the U.S. Why not take the opportunity to try something new and different? This site allows users to search for events within a specific state and sometimes even by city. Some of the listings include chocolate tastings, wine and food pairings, and a "chili throw down". I would be interested to hear if any readers have tried these and what your experience was.