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At the Cheese Festival this weekend, on our third table of samples, we proceeded as we generally do throughout the cheese concourse, standing on the outside, reaching in with our toothpicks for a cube. You know, Cheese Fest stuff. But this was the day we'd encounter one version of the typical Seattleite, and lo, the beast takes many forms. This version was the fifty-something Magnolia Dad with Token Younger Wife. He was quick to inform me that there was in fact a line, and that he had stood in it for forty minutes. That I thought I was better than everyone else, and that my mother hadn't taught me any manners (oh no, he di'int). For the record, my mama did teach me manners, and she also taught me to be smart enough not to WAIT IN AN OPTIONAL LINE FOR FORTY MINUTES. more ›

Today's the final day of the Seattle Cheese Festival. Go eat yourself sick until 5 p.m. more ›

The taste of warmer weather means lots of food tastes ahead. more ›

Earlier this week, we reported on Anthony Bourdain’s presentation at the Moore last Saturday, which included his regular railing of Rachael Ray. The mistress of 30 Minute Meals seems a bit impatient, which is why she’s shortened the three-second "extra virgin olive oil" down to EVOO. Mmm…EVOO…TIGS (That Is Good STUFF). more ›

Was this year's Seattle Cheese Festival a little smaller than usual? Or has our appetite for free cheese cubes grown exponentially over the last four years? Whatever the case, the 2008 Cheese Fest was in full effect. We went Sunday, assuming that the temps on Saturday made for a whole lot of gooey, melty cheese, not that there's anything wrong with that. Sure, there were plenty of people at the Market, but we know how to deal with crowds (after all, we are from a City): You don't stand in a proper line, like a good, patient, uptight Seattleite. No, you dart through the crowd, you duck in and out of line to get your cheese samples, you are stealthy like ninja. That was our experience at least. For the fourth year in a row, we happily ate ourselves sick on cheese--as God intended. We asked the rest of Seattlest about their time at this year's Cheese Festival. more ›

The weather’s really going to warm up this weekend, which means the cheeses will be even more ooey and gooey at the Seattle Cheese Festival, now in its fourth year. We’re looking forward to the wide range of choices (word is there will be 250 or more) from local and international artisan cheesemakers, with an eye out for the most stinky delights. more ›

As previously mentioned, it's Cheese Weekend! The Seattle Cheese Festival is now in its third year at Pike Place Market, and this weekend will be our third time in attendance. From the amount of growth we saw between years one and two (in both vendors and audience), we're expecting that this year's event will be bigger than ever. Sure, there's educational cheese lectures and cooking demonstrations and a cheese-themed scavenger hunt for the kids, but what we're there for is the grand cheese showcase, along the market's main thoroughfare. That's where the vendors from all over the country, as well as the world, will be handing out samples of their creamy/stinky/sharp/gooey/yummy wares. more ›

On Saturday and Sunday, the Pike Place Market was host to the 2nd Annual Seattle Cheese Festival. The weather cooperated, so it ended up being two beautiful days of mass cheese consumption. Seattlest personally ate more cheese in the span of an hour than most people should ingest in a lifetime. Oh but it was worth it... more ›

Seattlest loves cheese. And not just one cheese in particular---cow, goat, sheep---we love it all. We'd eat cheese from camel or llama or yak's milk if we could get our hands on some. Moreover, we like our cheeses nice and complex: the more aged, the creamier, the stinkier, the sharper, the better. more ›