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Slide Show: Calf and Kid’s Always-Hilarious Cheese Descriptions

Half the fun of shopping at the Melrose Market fromagerie is reading the tasting notes. The other half is, you know, eating cheese.

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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Technically it should be bathed in Zima for maximum prom date accuracy.

If there’s anybody in this city who knows how to write copy for curds, it’s Calf and Kid owner Sheri LaVigne. Recently I purchased a gruyere bearing the description “The Liberace of cheese; rich, fruity, and smooth as velvet on a baby’s ass.” Granted, buying a cheese for the tasting note description is a little bit like buying a wine because there’s a cute animal or cupcake on the label. However I have yet to meet a cheese behind LaVigne’s counter that isn’t incredible.

In honor of National Cheese Month, we sent SeattleMet.com photographer Lucas Anderson over to LaVigne’s Melrose Market shop to document some of her tasting notes. Read on for a Darth Vader reference, the chilly nature of a witch’s bosom, and meet manchego’s hot younger sister.

 




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.