It's National Cheese Month!, No, wait, it's only National Grilled Cheese Month. That's still enough excuse to get to the Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday (April 7) at the Seattle Design Center in Georgetown, 5701 6th Ave. S.
The 21-and-over event (ID required) will feature cheeses and cheesemakers from around Washington state, including soft-ripened, fresh, raw milk, and blue. Organizers hope it'll be a chance to learn about how to choose, store and pair cheeses as well as an opportunity to nibble samples and expand their dairy horizons. They'll also have locally produced foods and drinks on hand, from Deluxe Foods jam to Jonboy caramels to Tieton cider and McCrea Cellars syrah. There will be a festival cheese shop (warning: cash only.)
But wait, you might say. Isn't that cheese festival usually at Pike Place Market? No, you're thinking of our other cheese celebration, the Seattle Cheese Festival in May, with more than 200 local and international cheeses, plus seminars and cheese demos and a mac and cheese recipe contest.
I asked the Washington Artisan Cheese Festival folks, did we need a second cheese party?
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