Washington Is Getting So Cheesy

At the Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival, You Can Build a Better Cheese Plate by Looking in Your Own Backyardby Corina ZappiaEvery Christmas Eve, my older sister, my brother-in-law, and I ignore my slightly lactose intolerant little sister's and my mother's protestations. As we fill one or two massive wooden boards with all the fancy cheeses we've been dreaming about all year—Pont l'Évêque, Reblochon, taleggio, Manchego, P'tit Basque, Rogue Creamery Smokey Blue—my