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Cheese

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    State's Cheese Makers Gather for Tasting Event

    There are six beer festivals on the Washington Beer Commission's calendar, but the state's artisan cheese makers have never before gathered for a public tasting. "I thought it was really weird there was nothing to showcase them," says Lisa Miyashita, a beer industry alum. "And I was surprised, beca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Murray's Cheese to Open in QFC Markets

    A renowned New York cheese shop is opening inside seven QFC markets this year, starting with the University Village branch next Wednesday, according to The Seattle Times. And yes, sampling cheese is encouraged. Established in 1940, Murray's Cheese offers 300-plus types of cheese. The selection here ... More >>

  • Food

    March 14, 2012

    Cutting the Cheese

    A proposed set of new state regulations have cheese retailers freaked out.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Cheese Makers Say Revisions to State Food Code Could Decimate Their Businesses

    Washington cheese makers and retailers are protesting a proposed change to state law which would require them to trash cut-into soft cheeses after seven days. The state periodically revises its food code to bring its provisions in line with scientific knowledge and federal standards. Many of the dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Where to Eat Cheese in Vancouver

    ​Among the happy overlaps between French and British cultures, which have historically sparred in Canada, is an abiding love of cheese. In the 19th century, the Quebecois fondness for soft, ripened cheeses and the British affection for hard, sharp cheddar inspired the opening of hundreds of ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Neal's Yard Shares Blue Cheeses With Seattle

    The enormous popularity of a throwback cheese released five years ago by Neal's Yard Dairy hasn't persuaded the United Kingdom's Stilton makers to rethink their stance on unpasteurized milk, representatives from the renowned British cheese distributor recently told a group of Seattle cheese lovers. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Resurrecting the Cheese Ball for an Artisan Generation

    Bettycrocker.com​Although the region's artisan cheese makers aren't rushing to advertise it, a growing number of holiday party hosts have discovered the refined Pacific Northwest cheeses that anchor fancy cheese plates work just as well in cheese balls. Cheese balls - and cheese logs, the elo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Oregon Cheese Guild to Create Statewide Cheese Trail

    ​Oregon cheesemakers are hoping a new grant will allow them to replicate the successes of the state's craft beer and wine industries. The Oregon Cheese Guild this week received $50,400 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop and promote a statewide cheese trail linking dairies, res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Met Market Readies to Slice World's Biggest Blue Cheese

    The biggest oysters and strawberries are rarely palate stunners, but Metropolitan Market's cheese buyer Paige Lamb says cheeses can benefit from enormity. "When it's a larger wheel, the heart of the cheese is denser, so it tends to be creamier," says Lamb, who secured 25 "mammoth Stiltons" from Lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Seattle's Top 5 Cheese Shops

    It's fall! Bring on the dinner parties, the wine, and of course the cheese(s)--all of them. Really, no dinner party is needed to stop at a specialty shop on the way home and pick up a heavenly wedge of some locally made, aged cow's-milk cheese. But you'll get way more satisfaction out of it when yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Seattle Gets a Shot at Cheap Cheese During American Cheese Month

    ​As a high-schooler bound for a summer home-stay in Paris, I received a bundle of brochures covering how not to offend my hosts. Young Americans would do fine in France, the materials counseled, so long as they were willing to eat lots of cheese. The brochures explained that every French fami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Seattle Cheesemongers Ready for National Competition

    ​Eastern cheesemongers swept the top spots in the Cheesemonger Invitational last year, but four West Coasters are hoping to notch a win in the contest's second annual edition--including two cheesemongers from Seattle. Described as a cheese nerd's party and dairy-themed rave, the New York City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    The 5 Weirdest Farmer's Market Items and How to Use Them

    ​Summer brings overflowing CSA boxes and a rainbow of fruits and vegetables to the farmer's market. Although the fresh produce is a welcome treat, it can be overwhelming to be faced with 10 types of leaves in varying shades of green with names like mizuna, tatsoi, and shiso that sound like mon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Seattle Cheese Festival Short on Local Cheesemakers

    ​Thousands of curious eaters annually immerse themselves in cheese at the Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market, but the event presents few opportunities for participants to explore local cheeses. "There are only four of us here," Jess Wise of Black Sheep Creamery, a 70-sheep operation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Finding Five New Favorite Local Cheeses

    ​ The Pacific Northwest's artisan cheese movement may still be cultivating an instantly identifiable character that can't be replicated anywhere else, but the region's cheese makers have nailed the classics. "They're still using recipes of the Old World because that's what consumers recognize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    How to Make Homemade Goat Cheese Using Only the Internet

    ​America might be crazy for bacon, but can we give cheese some love, too? Few things are as delicious as a slice of fresh mozzarella in a tomato salad or a dollop of goat cheese on a toasted baguette. And my heart soars every time I arrive at a party and see that the host has invested in a che ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Holly Smith's Risotto Kicks Serious Ass

    Photo by Bruce MiyaharaHere's a celebrity chef who still cooks on the line. ​We've already gushed about how much we adore chef Holly Smith from Cafe Juanita in part one and part two of this week's Grillaxin Q & A. Yet -- doh! -- we neglected to mention how much we lover her amazing food. It's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Ladysmith and Other Local Cheeses Take Home Honors

    ​Last week I raved (again) about Samish Bay's Ladysmith cheese. And I promise that after this week, I'll move on to another great regional product. But it deserves mention that the lovely Ladysmith just won a first place prize at the American Cheese Society's annual competition held last week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Call It the Double Down Effect: Cheese Inside Cheese (Inside Bread)

    You know you want to eat this right now...​ Here at Voracious, we have discussed the McGangBang. We have debated the Double Down, laughed about IHOP's Pancake Stackers and even invented the "Turducklavearken," aka Turducken X-Treme (which is comprised of a chicken inside a duck, inside a turk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    West Seattle Thriftway Makes Baked Potatoes Into Soup, and Bacon Without Bacon

    Hey, bakey, why don't you slip into something more soupy?​When I was in grammar school, I refused to eat cheese unless it came on a pizza. My mother thought this aversion was psychological, so one day she served me white cheddar popcorn, which looks like regular popcorn but tastes nothing like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Washington Cheesmakers Dinner at Ray's Boathouse

    credit: rays.com​A seven-cheese dinner offers a culinary tour around some of the great local cheesemakers and their rich wares. You'll sup and sample the goods with Rhonda Gothberg of Gothberg Farms, Diana Dyer from Whiskey Hill Farm, Matt Day of Mt. Townsend Creamery, Blue Rose Dairy's Rhonda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    10 Things I'll Miss Most About Seattle, No. 5: Estrella Family Creamery Chevrette

    Credit: Estrella Family Creamery​My last day on Voracious will be Wednesday, so this is fifth in a series on the things I'll miss most about eating in Seattle. Even today, some pleasures don't travel: French jokes. Chinese hip hop. New York bagels. They're simply not reproducible outside of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    The Birth of a New Stinky Cheese: Kurtwood's Dinah

    ​To those of us who've forced our entire family to take a field trip to Camembert -- the one in France -- and badgered flight attendants to let us store a particularly funky taleggio in the airplane fridge during a cross-country trip, the appearance of a new local farmstead cheese is something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Seattle's Top 5 Places for Mac and Cheese

    Picking the city's top bowls of mac and cheese is no easy task, mostly because just about every restaurant has a variation on the dish on its menu these days. This is where Facebook and Twitter prove their worth. An informal poll of Seattle's best mac and cheese spots yielded answers ranging from "B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    A Pre-Taste of Calf & Kid Cheeses, at Poco Wine Room

    On Thursday, from 7 to 10 p.m., Sheri LaVigne, owner of the soon-to-open Capitol Hill cheese shop Calf & Kid, teams up with Poco Wine Room's Peter Moore for a wine and cheese tasting. At the event, LaVigne will be previewing some of the local artisanal cheeses her store will stock, including Estrell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    An Interview With Tami Parr, Northwest Cheese Guru

    In honor of the upcoming Seattle Cheese Festival this weekend at Pike Place Market, I interviewed Tami Parr. Since its launch five years ago, Parr's Pacific Northwest Cheese Project blog has become the preeminent source for local cheese news, producer profiles, and cheese reviews. Now she's just c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Stay Cheesy

    There are certain things we should not have to give up during even the hardest of times, and we believe cheese is one of those things. If you've been bypassing the dairy section in order to save money, Cook's World's Home Cheesemaking Workshop may be a budget-friendly solution.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Bush: The Man Who Cut The Cheese

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Soak It Up: 611 Supreme Creperie Cafe

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2008

    Cheese 101: Introduction to Artisan Cheese

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Happy Ash Wednesday!

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    Beecher's Wins Big in the American Cheese Society Awards

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2007

    A Lesson in Cheese

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Cheese-a-palooza

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Food

    February 21, 2007

    Cave Match

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2007

    Smoked Goat Cheese from Oregon

    Of all the cheeses, in all the EU, why? Why George? Why now? Why Roquefort? The Washington Post has the best explanation. The man didn't pardon his buddies, but he found time to condemn blue cheese. Expect this to start effecting cheese mongers everywhere soon. Gorgonzola: Count your blessings.

  • Food

    December 13, 2006

    Food News

    December 13 - 20, 2006 (expanded from print version).

  • Food

    July 13, 2005

    Cheese, Corn, and Dogs

    December 13 - 20, 2006 (expanded from print version).

  • Food

    May 11, 2005

    By Cheese Possessed

    Pike Place celebrates the pleasures of milk in excelsis.

  • Food

    December 22, 2004

    The Melting Pot

    Pike Place celebrates the pleasures of milk in excelsis.

  • Food

    October 20, 2004

    Cheese, Please

    Pike Place celebrates the pleasures of milk in excelsis.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004
  • Food

    February 18, 2004

    Lunch Box

    FOOD & DRINK

  • Food

    January 28, 2004

    Bleu Bistro

    FOOD & DRINK

  • Food

    November 26, 2003

    Kiss From a Rosé

    Easy listening (and sipping) at a Kirkland wine bar.

  • Food

    June 25, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    Easy listening (and sipping) at a Kirkland wine bar.

  • Food

    November 14, 2001

    The hot 100

    Seattle's 100 hot dishes

  • Food

    July 11, 2001

    By the numbers

    If you haven't been to Bryan Weener's new place yet, it's new to you.

  • Food

    January 10, 2001

    A perfect embrace

    The Sitting Room delights despite itself.

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