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Article: For kicks, make fresh goat cheese
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 5, 1991
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The 1980s brought many designer ingredients to supermarkets and
specialty food stores - sun-dried tomatoes, fresh herbs, chevre
(French-style fresh goat cheese). Most were pricey, but food lovers
were often willing to splurge.
Now that the recession has moved in and shows no signs of making
a hasty exit, will pampered palates yield to penny-pinching? Are we
doomed to return to tinny-tasting tomato paste, musty dried herbs and
bland cream cheese? Not necessarily. With resourcefulness,
adventurous cooks can create fashionable foods at home for far less
than their store-bought counterparts.
Tomatoes can be "sun" dried in home ovens. Herbs are easy to
grow, even for black thumbs. Even fresh ...