I love cheese. Love, love, love it. On my own personal food pyramid, the cheese food group comes in just below the pork group, just above the middle-of-the-night burgers group ... more
I’ve had their cheese before and know it’s delicious. Plus you can watch cheese being made right there! The girl who helped me was SO sweet and worked really hard to help me put together a great cheese plate with all Washington cheese ... more
Flagship Crackers are nothing short of amazing. While the
cheese tasteis subtle, the Flagship comes through and kicks
this cracker into the stratosphere ... more
The casserole from this artisanal cheese maker incorporates
two award-winning lactic gems, which make for a browned crust
that screams homemade. ... more
The first taste of Beecher’s Flagship Reserve is a slap in the face for all those pounds of supermarket cheese you’ve bought over the course of your life, a multitude of flavors and textures assaulting your senses ... more
Had an hour to kill before my next class so I quickly walked over to Beecher’s Handmade Cheese. This is not my first and it won’t be my last encounter with Beecher’s ... more
Eve’s cider also enjoys a second fermentation stage, giving it a natural carbonation level that is perfectly suited for palate cleansing. And that’ll come in handy when you put it together with a rich wedge of Beecher’s Flagship Reserve... more
The American Cheese Society held their 27th annual Conference
and Competition last week and Seattle's very own Beecher's took home an extensive list of prizes ... more
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese in Seattle, Washington touts their mac as the best mac. Well, being in Seattle on business, I just had to put them to the test ... more
For the last decade, the Pacific Northwest has been at the epicenter of a national resurgence in the art and craft of artisan cheesemaking ... click to view article
Beecher's is a well-known, handmade cheese shop where you can watch vast amounts of cheese being made as well as sample their newest batches of mac n' cheese and chow down on paninis made with their specialty cheese ... more
Yesterday, the Lady cracked the first truckle (derived from the Latin word “trochlea”) of Flagship Reserve and began sampling and selling it. The response was universal, “Wow, this is great cheese!!” ... more
Even more impressive is the Flagship Reserve, which the company began releasing about two years ago. The Reserve is the same cheese as the regular Flagship, yet not the same at all ... more
Every food has a tale to tell. One such story starts in France, courses through a plantation in Virginia to the White House itself and finally comes to rest right here in Seattle. Interested? It’s all about, yes, mac and cheese ... more
Your guide to the best, most affordable handheld (or close to it) meals at the holy grail of cheap eats, the Pike Place Market: Beecher's Mariachi Mac & Cheese ... more
Say Cheese! Washington Magazine Winter 2009
From gouda to chipotle, Washington artisan cheesemakers are wheying in ... click to view article
From the moment I first locked my eyes on this recipe [from Pure Flavor] (while reading in bed that night at our friend's place) I knew I wanted to make it ... more
On a recent trip to Seattle, I happened upon this innovation in artisan cheese products: the Beecher's Artisan collection, a selection of six frozen foods all made with cheese from West Coast producers ... more
Rachel Ray's Holiday Gift Guide
Highlights Beecher's Gift Collections
Rachel Ray Magazine 12/2008
Of course, the raison de etre of French life is homemade cheese ... more
Best Of The Market Four Seasons Magazine Issue Two 2008
Just two blocks away [from the new Four Seasons Hotel], visit the renowned Pike Place Market. Amid the myrid gourmet vendors, seek out Beecher's Handmade Cheese, an old-style artisan cheesemaker. Be sure to sample the raved-about macaroni and cheese.
From Sweet To Savory: Discovering Your Cheese Plate Dining Out Magazine Fall/Winter 2008
While other cheese shops focus on the best dairy delicacies from around the world, Kurt Beecher Dammeier has dedicated his Pike Place Market storefront to American artisanal cheese ... click to view article
My favorite dish in the world is Mac & Cheese, especially in Green Corn Moon (September) when the leaves begin to turn brilliant shades of coral, crimson, and gold, and the shortening days begin and end with a decided chill in the air ... more
About once a week, I pick up some interesting looking cheese, gather some go-withs, and see what kind of wine and cheese and whatever pairing I can put together ... more
Flagship Reserve Named In Top 100 Cheeses By Wine Spectator
After tasting hundreds of cheeses representing every corner of the world, Wine Spectator names Flagship Reserve as one of the best ... click to view article
The Wonderful World of Artisan Cheese Alaska Airlines Magazine 8/2008
Less then five years after opening, Beecher's has become a
landmark at Pike Place Market, and Dammeier has become one of the more prominent figures in the rapidly growing world of artisan cheesemaking... click to view article, 1.4MB
Some other Washington favorites won honors as well. Beecher's Handmade Cheese took a first place ribbon with
its Marco Polo cheese (in one of the flavored cheddar categories), and won third place in smoked cheddars ... more
What A Friend Wine Has In Cheese Northwest Magazine 6/2008
When kids are first told that some of their favorite foods may contain crushed beetles or car wax, nervous laughter and groans intermingle as they wonder how those random additives got into their food ... more
Award-winning Beecher’s Cheese, located in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, has a gift that’s sure to please Dad: A dinner of macaroni and cheese, made from its mouth-watering artisan cheeses ... more
Seattle is one of my very favorite cities, especially because of Pike Place Market. And one of the very best cheese shops is Beechers Handmade Cheese ... more
It is important to know what we’re putting into our bodies. Important for us, important for the future, and important if you believe in the power of small business ... more
Martha Stewart hosted Beecher's own Kurt Dammeier as he joined Martha in the kitchen to make "World's Best" Mac & Cheese and took her on a tasting tour of
Beecher's award-winning cheeses ... more
"World's Best" Mac & Cheese ... When the timer went off, there was much anticipation about pulling it from the oven. The aroma was fantastic...and bite after bite...let's just say it is wine worthy! ... more
... I've been thinking about Beecher's Flagship cheese ever since, occasionally getting lost in daydreams of its famous mac 'n' cheese—penne bathing in a melty lake of two different cheeses ... more
Flagship Reserve: This cheddar from Beecher's Handmade Cheese Company in Seattle was ranked top cheddar in this year's American Cheese Society competition. Savory, nutty and earthy, "it's everything a cheddar should be - and more," Werlin says ... more
Although known for its own made-on-premises cheeses, Beecher's Handmade Cheese, in Seattle, also sells a wide variety of other makers' cheeses ... more
A cheddarlike cow’s-milk cheese, Beecher’s Flagship Reserve
develops its nutty, sharp flavors while it ages in cloth wrapping
for
at least a year ... more
Kurt Beecher Dammeier, owner of Beecher's Handmade Cheese here, penned his first cookbook, "Pure Flavor" that was published by Clarkson Potter ... more
It wasn't so long ago in cheese years -- about as long as it takes to age a great Parmesan -- that people told Kurt Beecher Dammeier he must be kidding, trying to make artisan cheese at Pike Place Market... Four years later, Beecher's Handmade Cheese is a Pike Place anchor and a tourist attraction in its own right ... more
Lynne Rossetto Kasper highlights the "Butter Rubbed Salmon with Blueberry Sauce" and gives props to Beecher's Flagship Reserve - America's Best Cheddar... more
With pleasure, we open Kurt Dammeier's new book, Pure Flavor, which celebrates our region's bounty and offers some suggestions for simple preparations that enhance the pleasure this fare brings to our senses ... more
At the 2007 American Cheese Society's 24th Annual Competition, Beecher's Flagship Reserve received top awards in the
Best in Show and Aged Cheddar categories... more
Most Washington cheesemakers labor
in the relative anonymity of rural farms, but Kurt Dammeier, owner of Beecher's Handmade Cheese, decided to make the art of crafting cheese a proud spectacle: He put his creamery right in the middle of the Pike Place Market ... more
It’s 3 a.m., still several hours before most vendors arrive at the Pike Place Market. In the early morning darkness, Jeremy Smith and Amir Rosenblatt wait for a truck to arrive and begin pumping 8,000 gallons of milk through the wall and into a waiting vat ... more
Seattle's Pike Place Market offers tourists a view of the Pacific Northwest's bounty and provides food-loving locals a prime place to shop. Three years ago, this estimable market got even better with the opening of Beecher's Handmade Cheese, a retail shop and cheese-making facility ... more
With a commitment to deliver products that are free of all artificial preservatives, coloring and flavor enhancers, Kurt Beecher Dammeier opens Bennett's Pure Food Bistro,
an all-natural, northwest bistro and deli featuring the
Northwest's finest fresh and seasonal ingredients ... more
Kurt Dammeier is the first to admit that he kind of backed into the cheese business… he found the perfect location for cheesemaking, signed a lease and went in search of milk, a cheesemaker, and a recipe after setting up his cheesemaking room ... more
Out-of-town visitors go nuts for Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Pike Place Market, and it seems like our readers do, too. Where else can you see cheese being made before your eyes? ... more
At the American Cheese Society's 23rd Annual Competition, Beecher's Handmade Cheese won three awards for our Flagship Two-Year, Flagship Reserve, and
No Woman cheeses ... more
Down the street from the original Starbucks Corp. outlet in Seattle's Pike Place Market, tourists and locals are snapping up the city's latest signature delicacy: cheese ... more
Why is fresh milk so important? What are
curds and whey?
And how is cheese aged? Hear Kurt share with John Moe how
Beecher's Handmade Cheese makes their award-winning cheeses
at Seattle's Pike Place Market ... more
Mention Seattle in a word-association game and most travelers would likely respond with the Space Needle, salmon and Starbucks. But stay for three weeks, as I did recently, and you can eat and drink your way through its smorgasbord of neighborhoods ... more
Strolling in the Pike Place Market in Seattle a few months ago, I stopped at Beecher's Handmade Cheese, drawn to the cups of macaroni and cheese that were being grabbed by shoppers as soon as they were set out ... more
Sometimes you want a bland wafer that provides a blank slate for a palette of artisan cheeses. But I've been having fun lately complementing strong-flavored cheeses with personality-rich Honey Hazelnut Crackers ... more
Gouda, havarti, provolone, feta, chèvre, and mozzarella -- how are your favorite cheeses made? What separates Washington cheeses from others? Hear Kurt's chat with Marcie Sillman regarding local artisan cheeses and the cheese-making process ... listen
Seattle artisan cheesemaker, Beecher's Handmade Cheese was awarded 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals in their first year of competition at the World Cheese Awards in London ... more
At Beecher's Handmade Cheese, making cheese is a spectator sport. The shop is conveniently located on the main drag at Pike Place Market, which guarantees a steady stream of onlookers, ready to press their noses to the windows ... more
