Tag: locavore

  • How Blue Cheese is Made at Twin Sisters Creamery

    How Blue Cheese is Made at Twin Sisters Creamery

    Looking at a wedge of blue cheese with lines of blue mold rippling through it, you might assume that the mold got there by being injected into the cheese. I have heard this from time to time as an explanation to children or from one adult to another, of how this family of cheeses is…

  • Notes From the 2017 Washington Artisan Cheesemakers’ Festival

    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…

  • Willoughby: An ode to the ‘Stinky’ Cheese I Brought to an Idaho Wedding

    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…