Tag: local cheese
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Notes From the 2017 Washington Artisan Cheesemakers’ Festival
September is that time when the summer heat begins to dissipate, when people become suddenly excited about impending autumn and pumpkin spice lattes, and when the cheesemakers of Washington State come together for their yearly expo. The Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival, which is held annually in the Seattle Design Center, gives people the chance to…
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Willoughby: An ode to the ‘Stinky’ Cheese I Brought to an Idaho Wedding
Never travel without a cheesemonger. Or, always invite a cheesemonger to your party. I’ve said one of those things before, and I will likely do so again. I’ve been pretty quiet online throughout most of the month of May. In part, I needed a sabbatical from the interwebs (which means I needed to be left…
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Rivers Edge in the House
You know it’s a good day when a Rivers Edge Chèvre shipment arrives. True Love, Up in Smoke, Peony, Sunset Bay, and Pave Yaquina Bay all make my case happy. This is not just because they are fine examples of a spring cheese by virtue of being soft goat cheeses that were, until about a…
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Spring Cheeses: What They Are and Why You Should be Eating Them Now
I’ve written briefly in the past about summer- and winter-milk cheeses—wherein two wheels of the same type of cheese will look and taste differently because of what the animal was eating during the time of year when its milk was collected to make the cheese. But there are more than two seasons in a year,…