Article: Crackers at the ready; Cheese spreads invited home for more than the holidays

Cheese spreads used to be the ho-hum standbys of Christmas, but now they're the sophisticated darlings of year-round entertaining.

They are to fancy crackers what butter is to bread.

Cheesemakers are turning out more intriguing flavors all the time, and it's easy to make your own cheese spreads at home.

Just pack them with an assortment of crackers for a concert in the park, or a gathering in the neighbors' backyard.

How can you go wrong with something so flavorful and convenient?

Recipes take advantage of a spectrum of cheeses from standard cream cheese to goat cheese, ricotta, Parmesan, feta, brick and Gouda.

Add sun-dried tomato and kalamata olives to goat cheese and cream cheese with ...

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