Culture Club

Street Cheese Goes for (Dairy) Gold

Courtney Johnson brings championship cheesemongering to Beacon Hill.

07/17/2026 By Naomi Tomky

Cart Blanche

Seattle’s Best Independent Grocery Stores

If they don’t have it, you don’t need it.

09/18/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Varsity Benched, Little Red Hen Quieted, and More Food News

Middle Eastern cafés come in hot this week.

08/01/2025 By Naomi Tomky

String Cheese Incident

Why Did King’s Mozzarella Melt Away?

Unwinding the disappearance of the city’s best Mexican cheese.

05/08/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Side Dish

Lessons in Queso from Oaky’s Tex Mex

When it comes to the melted dip of cheese and chiles, the road to mediocrity is paved with artisanal ingredients.

03/26/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner October 17–23

The week in which: Stoup Brewing turns five, occultists host a spooky dinner show, and cheesemakers tell their stories.

10/17/2018 By Christina Ausley

Critic's Notebook

Here Are Seattle’s 10 Great Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

One at a time now, people.

04/06/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Street Food

Fire and Scrape Brings Raclette to the Fremont Sunday Market

"Food theater in the purest sense." Also: hot, melted cheese.

01/04/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Curd Concerns

The Calf and Kid Reopens In Its New Home

Culture Club Cheese Bar is now your destination for retail cheese sales and sassy tasting notes.

04/21/2016 By Grace Qian

Neighborhood Hot Spot

Review: Culture Club Cheese Bar on Capitol Hill

The hill's new cheese bar feeds our wintriest craving.

03/01/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Curd Nerds

Culture Club Cheese Bar Will Open October 23 28

Calf and Kid's new sibling bar is not messing around.

10/01/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Attention Curd Nerds

The Washington State Artisan Cheesemakers Festival Is Back

With more than 100 cheeses from 20 of the state's cheesemakers.

09/23/2015 By Greg Young

Local Eats

Where to Find Washington's 2015 Good Food Award Winners

Washington-made ciders, coffees, krauts and more all won laurels last week. We'll help you hunt them down.

01/20/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Curd Nerds

Three Ways to Celebrate This Year's Artisan Cheese Festival

Spoiler alert: They all involve cheese.

09/19/2014 By Caroline Ferguson

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: June 11–17

This week: Whether you're into beer, wine, or spirits, we've got a boozy event for you.

06/10/2014 By Caroline Ferguson

Curdplay

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.

10/23/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Air Fare

Beecher's Sea-Tac Location Opens November 1

Grilled cheese, mac and cheese, and Caffe Vita coffee will await travelers near the Horizon gates.

10/22/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Street Eatin'

New Food Truck: The Milkman’s Daughter

The Woodinville wine crowd has a new friend in Inger Herman.

07/10/2012 By Christopher Werner

Curd Nerds

Slideshow: The Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival

A sampling of the cheesy goodness at the first-ever fest.

04/09/2012 By Brian Colella

Food and Drink Events

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner

This weekend: Artisan cheese and Easter brunches abound.

04/02/2012 By Anne Larkin