EVANS CAGLAGE/DMN

Use dental floss to cleanly slice soft goat cheese such as chèvre. Choose a piece of floss long enough to extend across the cheese and wrap around both of your index fingers, then use your thumbs to hold the floss taut. Pull the floss downward to slice through the cheese. The floss will allow you to thinly slice the soft cheese, and it won't stick to the cheese the way a knife would.

Karen Elizabeth Watts

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