Your Seasonal Menu Needs Summery Cheeses

Lisa Futterman is a cheesemonger, writer and killer prep cook.

Picture a wooden board groaning with gooey chees … a funky blue, an oozing Brie, a rich Alpine next to a hearty loaf of bread. It sounds perfect, until you check your calendar and realize that such a wintry cheese assortment doesn’t work for a summer afternoon eating and drinking on a sunny patio.

But you don’t have to drop your cheese...