Article: For kicks, make fresh goat cheese

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 ...

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