Cheese so Smart it Has a Degree
(with Links to Support Local Producers) It was a drizzly Friday afternoon in mid-March when Lynn Swanson received the call
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Wisconsin: it’s America’s dairy land, the state that generally comes to mind when people think about cheese in the US.
It was a grayish, early spring day in western Washington when I set out to spend my day off doing
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One of my favorite cheese puns is a joke about Halloumi: “What does cheese say when it looks in the
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In a recent post, I briefly explained the difference between artisanal and industrial cheeses. But among artisanal cheeses, there are
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This is a story about some of Washington state’s finest cheeses and the fairytale-perfect land where they are made. If
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About a year and a half ago, we hired a new baby cheesemonger named Janna at the shop I worked
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A woman came into my shop recently searching for “raw cheeses.” She didn’t care what kinds they were, so long
There’s this wonderful thing in the Bay Area called The Cheese School of San Francisco. They offer classes and tastings
We all know what cheddar is; we’ve seen it, we’ve eaten it, we (most of us) like it. But while
Not only do my co-mongers like to say that Sunday is the best day of the week—because it’s Sunday Pun-day,
Cover image courtesy of Olympia Provisions. The other cheesemongers in my life like to say that “Sunday is the best
Last summer, we put up a display that included some Urban Cheesecraft cheesemaking kits and some books on cheesemaking. I
Let’s face it, cheese is no angel. And by that, I mean it’s not a purified, pristine substance. Cheese is
In honor of the holiday season that surrounds us, and in lieu of a Sunday Pun-Day, I give you the