As Murray’s Cheese and Kroger continue their mission of bringing Specialty Cheese into the homes of America, more and more shops are opening which means more opportunities to become a Cheesemonger for one of the largest retail grocers in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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In March, at the Oregon Cheese Festival, The Lady had the pleasure of finally meeting Brad Sinko, who has spent the last few years in Seattle as the Award-Winning Head Cheesemaker at Beecher’s Handmade Cheeses… she felt like she already […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Williapa Hills Cheese handcrafts farmstead and artisan sheep and cow milk cheeses on a historic farmstead in southwest Washington on the banks of the Chehalis River. In 2007 our Grade A Dairy was licensed and in 2008 we began production […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The weekend of March 15th and 16th, The Lady and her BCFF/BCDaughter, Jennae, headed south to Central Point, Oregon to attend the 9th Annual Oregon Cheese Festival which happens every March under a huge tent on the grounds of Rogue […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Updated 4/1/2013… The Lady and I received an email from Nick with Dorothy Lane today: ” Hello Marcella and Spaulding, Thank you for the nice blog post on February 22 about our Kiiller Brownie® and cheese shops. We’re glad […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Meet Leah McFadden, ACS CCP, who is a Specialty Team Leader at the Blossom Hills Whole Foods in San Jose, California. Updated 3/23/2013: Leah has been chosen as one of the Official Cheesemongers at the 30th ACS Conference this August […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Back in April of 2011, when I first reported on cheese apps, the pickings were slim… not anymore… I decided to go shopping today for cheese, food and beverage apps and see what I could find: From iTunes for your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

UPDATED 3/9/2013 – Please see bottom for information re certified educators for the exam: Inspired by the American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional ™ exam program that began in 2012, The Lady and I have “declared” 2013 our “Year of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

2012 was the first full year of traveling for The Lady opening Murray’s Cheese Shops across the Kroger Enterprise. In all she assisted in opening 13 new cheese shops in Colorado, Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Washington State and Oregon, bringing her […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Yesterday in Merry London, The 2012 World Cheese Awards were announced and several of our friends and favorite cheeses won and made this Feline Foodie proud to know them and call them friends… The Super Gold Winners were declared the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lady has been gone the past two weeks, leaving me at the mercy of The Man, who can be stubborn and hard to wrangle, especially in the middle of the night when it’s time for a kitty snack… She […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The American Cheese Society has designated the month of October as American Cheese Month… a chance to visit your favorite cheese shop and taste American Specialty Cheese from Beecher’s No Woman, my favorite cheese, to Rogue River Blue, two-time winner […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…


