17 May 2006
I am a big fan of cheese. Simple cheddar, funky goat, tres leches, or a daring blue... I'm all game. So, what could be a better Mother's Day treat for me than a festival of cheese? How about a festival of cheese on one of the most beautiful days in Seattle... bright blue skies and warm but not hot temperatures. Perfect. Except for one thing. I'm sadly not the only one in Seattle who thinks that beautiful, sunny, Sunday afternoons should be spent indulging in variety after variety of free, delicious cheese down at the Pike Place Market. The crowds were huge, and so getting to the cheese required a certain level of patience that I clearly lack. I only tasted five or 6 different cheese, and didn't stick around long enough to find out what they were. But camera in hand, I did find little gaps in the masses to take a quick shot or two of the cheese, the chaos, and of course, being at the market, a nice bouquet or two.
The Crowds
Cheese Bucket
Bite Sized
Still Life
Canned Cheese? Um, no thanks.
One of the spreads
Beautiful goats milk cheese
What a gorgeous rind
Wagon-wheel sized cheese
Ash and herb covered
Almost Irises
Tulips everywhere still
Allums starting to make an appearance
My wonderful daughter, with the bouquet she bought me
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Lara Ferroni is a former tech geek turned food geek who spends her days exploring the food culture of the Pacific Northwest. As a food writer and photographer, you might spy her learning to make kim chee in the back rooms of a local church, foraging for wild berries, or snapping away in the some of the Seattle and Portland's finest kitchens. You can find her work in publications such as Epicurious.com, Gourmet.com, Edible Communities (Seattle, San Francisco), Seattle Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan as well as numerous cookbooks, including Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home.