Article: Goat cheese adds a lively accent to pasta, vegetables and more

Fresh goat cheese is a taste-bud tease. Its spunky tang makes everyday dishes taste like creations from a three-star restaurant. Toss it with hot pasta and vegetables. Sprinkle it on pizza. Smear it on garlic toast.

With all its shapes, sizes and flavor enhancers, goat cheese is never humdrum. Formed into logs, pyramids and pillows. Plain or coated with ash, spices, dried herbs or edible flowers. Perfect discs wrapped in chestnut or grape leaves, then bundled into neat packages with raffia. Or stuck on a straw, Popsicle-style.

Also known as chevre (pronounced shehv), the word for goat in French, fresh goat cheese is snowy-white, moist and soft. It's fairly mild, but has an alluring, ...

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